Footlight Parade
“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.
Genres
Comedy, Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Footlight Parade performed
Budget
$703,000
Worldwide Gross
$2.4M
Gross Profit
$1.7M
Return
3.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$348K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Chester Kent
James Cagney
Chester Kent
Nan
Joan Blondell
Nan
Bea
Ruby Keeler
Bea
Scotty
Dick Powell
Scotty
Francis
Frank McHugh
Francis
Gould
Guy Kibbee
Gould
Mrs. Gould
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Gould
Bowers
Hugh Herbert
Bowers
Vivian
Claire Dodd
Vivian
Harry Thompson
Gordon Westcott
Harry Thompson
Al Frazer
Arthur Hohl
Al Frazer
Cynthia Kent
Renee Whitney
Cynthia Kent
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