Footlights and Fools is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by William A. Seiter that was billed by Warner Brothers as an all-talking musical film and released in Vitaphone with Technicolor sequences.
| Footlights and Fools | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Thomas J. Geraghty Carey Wilson |
| Produced by | John McCormick |
| Starring | Colleen Moore Raymond Hackett Fredric March Virginia Lee Corbin Mickey Bennett Edward Martindel Adrienne D'Ambricourt |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich Sidney Hickox |
| Music by | Alois Reiser |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editMoore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
Cast
edit- Colleen Moore as Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
- Raymond Hackett as Jimmy Willet
- Fredric March as Gregory Pyne
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Claire Floyd
- Mickey Bennett as Call boy
- Edward Martindel as Chandler Cunnungham
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Jo
- Fred Howard as Treasurer (credited as Frederick Howard)
- Sydney Jarvis as Stage manager
- Cleve Moore as Press agent
- Andy Rice Jr. as Song plugger
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Stage doorman
- Larry Banthim as Bud Burke
- Earl Bartlett as Trio Leader (uncredited)
- Nora Cecil (uncredited)
Production background
editThis film was Moore's fourth film under her contract signed February 28, 1929. It followed Smiling Irish Eyes, also with Moore and directed by Seiter.
Preservation status
editThis is considered a lost film with only the Vitaphone disks existing.
Soundtrack
edit- "If I Can't Have You (If You Can't Have Me)"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "You Can't Believe My Eyes"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "Ophelia Will Fool You"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "Pilly Pom Pom Plee"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
See also
editFootnotes
edit- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Footlights and Fools.
- Footlights and Fools at IMDb
- Footlights and Fools at TCM Database
- MovieTome[permanent dead link]
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