- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Footlight Parade / Ruby Keeler [film]
- Title
- Footlight Parade [Film]
- Performers
- Keeler, Ruby
- Cagney, James
- Published/Created
- 1933-09-30
- Genre
- Film
- Note
- Abstract
- Directed by Lloyd Bacon, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Dance numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. Music and lyrics, Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Sammy Fain, and Irving Kahal. Musical directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Starring Ruby Keeler and James Cagney dancing tap dancing together which shows the influence of English and Irish jig and clog dancing. Cast includes Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert.
Backstage musical about the production of "prologues" short stage musicals which preceded the showing of feature films in the early days of talking pictures.
Chester Kent (Cagney) struggles against time, romance, and a rival spy to produce live "prologues" for movie houses. "Shanghai Lil" has James Cagney dancing with his fists and his tap shoes to find the girl for whom he has been searching high and low. - Source
- New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance ().
Last Updated: 12-16-2015