Movie Description
Best Foot Forward
(1943)Overview
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Featured Crew
- Director : Edward Buzzell
- Producer : Arthur Freed
- Editor : Blanche Sewell
- Cast : Lucille Ball,William Gaxton,Virginia Weidler,Tommy Dix,Nancy Walker,June Allyson,Kenny Bowers,Gloria DeHaven,Jack Jordan,Chill Wills,Henry O'Neill,Sara Haden,Donald MacBride,Bob Stebbins,Darwood Kaye,Morris Ankrum,Nana Bryant,Harry James,Harry Hayden,Isabel Randolph,Stanley Donen,Bess Flowers,Harry Duff,John Allbule,Barbara Bedford,Billy Bletcher,Lulu Mae Bohrman,Carl R. Botefuhr,Marguerite Campbell,James Carlisle,Milton Chisholm,Jack Coffey,Richard Dick,Norris Durham,Ward Ellis,James Ellison,Don Gallaher,Mac Garn,Joe Geil,Dick Gordon,Bradley Hail,Ralph Hoopes,Fred Jenel,Sam Kamie,Colin Kenny,Dale Lefler,Jack Lindquist,George Lockett,Skip E. Lowe,Herb Lurie,Jack McGee,Caren Marsh,Robert Emmett O'Connor,James Pilcher,Shirley Jean Rickert,Cal Rothenberg,George Rowland,Hugh Sheridan,Gil Stratton,Art Thompson,Riley Thompson,John Treul,Jack Wagner,Ken Wilson,Kenneth Wilson,Beverly Tyler
Cast
Lucille Ball
Jack O'Riley
Helen Schlesinger
Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy - Blind Date
Ethel
Dutch Miller
Minerva Fierce
Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Chester Short
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Miss Talbert
Capt. Bradd
Greenie
Killer
Col. Harkrider
Mrs. Dalrymple
Himself
Prof. Walter Morton
Mrs. Morton
Cadet
Prom Guest
Cadet (uncredited)
Cadet
Chaperone at Dance
Waxer
Elderly Woman
Cadet
Woman
Party Guest
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Party Guest
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Party Guest
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Dancer
Train Conductor
Cadet
Dancer
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Elderly Man
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
Vocalist
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Facts
Original TitleBest Foot Forward
Status Released
Release Information
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1943-10-08
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 35m
Budget₹ 1162000
Revenue₹ 2704000
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Comedy
- Music