Footlight Fever

1941
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1h 9min

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Elyse Knox, Donald MacBride, and Alan Mowbray in Footlight Fever (1941)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueUnable to secure financial backers for their new Broadway play, producers Don Avery and Geoffrey Crandall are about to abandon their endeavors when they are visited by wealthy Eileen Drake, ... Tout lireUnable to secure financial backers for their new Broadway play, producers Don Avery and Geoffrey Crandall are about to abandon their endeavors when they are visited by wealthy Eileen Drake, the fiance of their leading man, John Carter. Eileen pleads with Avery and Crandall to con... Tout lireUnable to secure financial backers for their new Broadway play, producers Don Avery and Geoffrey Crandall are about to abandon their endeavors when they are visited by wealthy Eileen Drake, the fiance of their leading man, John Carter. Eileen pleads with Avery and Crandall to continue their search for a backer because John refuses to marry her until he has a job. The ... Tout lire

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5,8/10

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Alan Mowbray

Mr. Don Avery

Donald MacBride

Mr. Geoffrey 'Geoff' Crandall

Elisabeth Risdon

Aunt Hattie Drake

Lee Bonnell

John Carter

Elyse Knox

Eileen Drake

Charles Quigley

Spike

Georgia Backus

Imogene - Secretary
(non crédité)

Jay Belasco

Costumer
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Eddie Borden

Joe - Man Dropping Sandbags
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Frank Bruno

Second Taxi Driver
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Paul E. Burns

Second Furniture Mover
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Chester Clute

Mr. Holly - Parker's Secretary
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Jimmy Conlin

First Furniture Mover
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Eddie Conrad

First Taxi Driver in Automat
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Alec Craig

Hattie Drake's Butler
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Peter Duray

Effingwell - Backstage Costumer
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Dick Elliott

Eric Queegle
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Carl Freemanson

Tough Guy Patting Backs
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Sequel to "Curtain Call" is very different in style

This sequel to "Curtain Call" is a much broader comedy with Mowbray and MacBride camping it up something shocking in a silly story about impoverished theatrical producers trying to raise money for a new Broadway play from a Miss Havisham-like recluse (Risdon). The pair aren't great comic actors and it's easy to see why the partnership didn't survive this film. But Mowbray gets to perform a very long variation on the old gag in which a hammy stage actor refuses to lie down when shot. It may once have raised a laugh or two. Otherwise the direction is terribly slow for this kind of lowbrow farce. The supporting cast are nobodies.

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some very funny scenes

I caught the second half of this on tv once and thought is was absolutely hilarious, the scene where a bad actor refused to die on stage had me laughing very loudly, and other scenes were amusing too.

Perhaps not for everyone, but I thought it was great and would love to see it again.

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Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Kitty O'Neil (Amazon), Gene Collins (Dead end kid) and Alee Luke (Waiter). In addition Carol Hughes was in a Hollywood Reporter production chart, but she did not appear in the film either.

Connexions
Follows Curtain Call (1940)

Bandes originales
The Oceana Roll
(1911)
Music by Lucien Denni
Lyrics by Roger Lewis
In the score when Crandall and Avery call on Hattie dressed as sailors