Film

Footlight Parade 1933

Directed by Lloyd Bacon

  • Comedy, Music
  • 104 min
  • NR

Climaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals!

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

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