Best Foot Forward (1943)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 8, 1943Release Date
Best Foot Forward (1943)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 8, 1943Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Lucille Ball](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24249-lucille-ball.webp)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
![William Gaxton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/109803-william-gaxton.webp)
William Gaxton
Jack O'Riley
![Virginia Weidler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25196-virginia-weidler.webp)
Virginia Weidler
Helen Schlesinger
![Tommy Dix](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tommy Dix
Bud Hooper
![Nancy Walker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24296-nancy-walker.webp)
Nancy Walker
Nancy - Blind Date
![June Allyson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24205-june-allyson.webp)
June Allyson
Ethel
![Kenny Bowers](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kenny Bowers
Dutch Miller
![Jack Jordan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Jordan
Harvey 'Hunk' Hoyt
![Gloria DeHaven](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4574-gloria-dehaven.webp)
Gloria DeHaven
Minerva
![Dorothy Kingsley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dorothy Kingsley
Writer
![Chill Wills](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19688-chill-wills.webp)
Chill Wills
Chester Short
![Beverly Tyler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/96874-beverly-tyler.webp)
Beverly Tyler
Miss Delaware Water Gap, Vocalist
![Henry O'Neill](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4593-henry-o-neill.webp)
Henry O'Neill
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
![Sara Haden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9179-sara-haden.webp)
Sara Haden
Miss Talbert
![Edward Buzzell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4668-edward-buzzell.webp)
Edward Buzzell
Director
![Donald MacBride](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4583-donald-macbride.webp)
Donald MacBride
Capt. Bradd
![Irving Brecher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Irving Brecher
Writer
![Bob Stebbins](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob Stebbins
Greenie
![Fred F. Finklehoffe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Writer
![Darwood Kaye](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/279276-darwood-kaye.webp)
Darwood Kaye
Killer
![John Cecil Holm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Cecil Holm
Writer
![Morris Ankrum](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4584-morris-ankrum.webp)
Morris Ankrum
Col. Harkrider
![Arthur Freed](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24342-arthur-freed.webp)
Arthur Freed
Producer
![Nana Bryant](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26346-nana-bryant.webp)
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Dalrymple
![Leonard Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Leonard Smith
Cinematographer
![Harry James](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24270-harry-james.webp)
Harry James
Himself
![Blanche Sewell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Blanche Sewell
Editor
![Harry Hayden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25497-harry-hayden.webp)
Harry Hayden
Prof. Walter Morton
![Isabel Randolph](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26663-isabel-randolph.webp)
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Morton
![Stanley Donen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/34458-stanley-donen.webp)
Stanley Donen
Cadet
![Bess Flowers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4658-bess-flowers.webp)
Bess Flowers
Prom Guest
![Harry Duff](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harry Duff
Cadet (uncredited)
![John Allbule](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Allbule
Cadet
![Barbara Bedford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/96903-barbara-bedford.webp)
Barbara Bedford
Chaperone at Dance
![Billy Bletcher](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39953-billy-bletcher.webp)
Billy Bletcher
Waxer
![Lulu Mae Bohrman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Elderly Woman
![Carl R. Botefuhr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet
![Marguerite Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marguerite Campbell
Woman
![James Carlisle](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Carlisle
Party Guest
![Milton Chisholm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Milton Chisholm
Cadet
![Jack Coffey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Coffey
Cadet
![Richard Dick](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Dick
Cadet
![Norris Durham](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Norris Durham
Cadet
![Ward Ellis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ward Ellis
Cadet
![James Ellison](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/62293-james-ellison.webp)
James Ellison
Cadet
![Don Gallaher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don Gallaher
Cadet
![Mac Garn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mac Garn
Cadet
![Joe Geil](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Geil
Cadet
![Dick Gordon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/225480-dick-gordon.webp)
Dick Gordon
Party Guest
![Bradley Hail](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bradley Hail
Cadet
![Ralph Hoopes](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ralph Hoopes
Cadet
![Fred Jenel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred Jenel
Cadet
![Sam Kamie](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sam Kamie
Cadet
![Colin Kenny](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6081-colin-kenny.webp)
Colin Kenny
Party Guest
![Dale Lefler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dale Lefler
Cadet
![Jack Lindquist](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/196551-jack-lindquist.webp)
Jack Lindquist
Cadet
![George Lockett](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Lockett
Cadet
![Skip E. Lowe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Skip E. Lowe
Cadet
![Herb Lurie](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herb Lurie
Cadet
![Jack McGee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack McGee
Cadet
![Caren Marsh](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/723701-caren-marsh.webp)
Caren Marsh
Dancer
![Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26347-robert-emmett-o-connor.webp)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Train Conductor
![James Pilcher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Pilcher
Cadet
![Shirley Jean Rickert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/99899-shirley-jean-rickert.webp)
Shirley Jean Rickert
Dancer
![Cal Rothenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cal Rothenberg
Cadet
![George Rowland](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Rowland
Cadet
![Hugh Sheridan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Sheridan
Cadet
![Gil Stratton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26650-gil-stratton.webp)
Gil Stratton
Cadet
![Art Thompson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Art Thompson
Elderly Man
![Riley Thompson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Riley Thompson
Cadet
![John Treul](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Treul
Cadet
![Jack Wagner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Wagner
Cadet
Media.
![Best Foot Forward](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/83002-best-foot-forward.webp)
Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,162,000
Box Office$2,704,000
Genres
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Wiki.
Best Foot Forward is a 1943 American musical film adapted from the 1941 Broadway musical comedy of the same title. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Edward Buzzell, and starred Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Chill Wills, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Nancy Walker.
The actors did their own singing, except for Lucille Ball, whose singing was dubbed by Gloria Grafton; Virginia Weidler, whose singing was dubbed by Jeanne Darrell; and Jack Jordan, whose singing was dubbed by Ralph Blane.
Weidler, then 16 years old, retired from acting after this film was made, making Best Foot Forward her final screen appearance.