Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade is a 1933 musical film which tells the story of a man struggling to replace his earlier career as a Broadway musical producer with a new career as a creator of short musical films in the era of talkies. But he has a rival who is stealing his work. It stars James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh[?], Ruth Donnelly[?] and Guy Kibbee[?].

The movie was written by Manuel Seff[?] and James Seymour[?] from a story by Robert Lord[?] and Peter Milne[?]. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon[?].

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.