Best Foot Forward (1943)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 8, 1943Release Date
Best Foot Forward (1943)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 8, 1943Release Date
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
Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
Jack O'Riley
Virginia Weidler
Helen Schlesinger
Tommy Dix
Bud Hooper
Nancy Walker
Nancy - Blind Date
June Allyson
Ethel
Kenny Bowers
Dutch Miller
Jack Jordan
Harvey 'Hunk' Hoyt
Gloria DeHaven
Minerva
Dorothy Kingsley
Writer
Chill Wills
Chester Short
Beverly Tyler
Miss Delaware Water Gap, Vocalist
Henry O'Neill
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Sara Haden
Miss Talbert
Edward Buzzell
Director
Donald MacBride
Capt. Bradd
Irving Brecher
Writer
Bob Stebbins
Greenie
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Writer
John Cecil Holm
Writer
Darwood Kaye
Killer
Morris Ankrum
Col. Harkrider
Arthur Freed
Producer
Leonard Smith
Cinematographer
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Dalrymple
Harry James
Himself
Blanche Sewell
Editor
Harry Hayden
Prof. Walter Morton
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Morton
Stanley Donen
Cadet
Bess Flowers
Prom Guest
Harry Duff
Cadet (uncredited)
John Allbule
Cadet
Barbara Bedford
Chaperone at Dance
Billy Bletcher
Waxer
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Elderly Woman
Carl R. Botefuhr
Cadet
Marguerite Campbell
Woman
James Carlisle
Party Guest
Milton Chisholm
Cadet
Jack Coffey
Cadet
Richard Dick
Cadet
Norris Durham
Cadet
Ward Ellis
Cadet
James Ellison
Cadet
Don Gallaher
Cadet
Mac Garn
Cadet
Joe Geil
Cadet
Dick Gordon
Party Guest
Bradley Hail
Cadet
Ralph Hoopes
Cadet
Fred Jenel
Cadet
Sam Kamie
Cadet
Colin Kenny
Party Guest
Dale Lefler
Cadet
Jack Lindquist
Cadet
George Lockett
Cadet
Skip E. Lowe
Cadet
Herb Lurie
Cadet
Jack McGee
Cadet
Caren Marsh
Dancer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Train Conductor
James Pilcher
Cadet
Shirley Jean Rickert
Dancer
Cal Rothenberg
Cadet
George Rowland
Cadet
Hugh Sheridan
Cadet
Gil Stratton
Cadet
Art Thompson
Elderly Man
Riley Thompson
Cadet
John Treul
Cadet
Jack Wagner
Cadet
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,162,000
Box Office$2,704,000
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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.