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  • Another Warner Bros. film released in 1933, a box-office smash called Footlight Parade, features a grand finale, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, in which marching soldiers form themselves into images of an American flag, a portrait of FDR, and the NRA eagle.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Gold Diggers of 1933, 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, and Dames all featured tightly synchronized movements by large numbers of dancers and implicit collectivist messages.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Mature starred in a number of films opposite Betty Grable, including I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and Footlight Serenade (1942).

    Five People Born on January 29 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Paar projected a pleasant personality on film, and RKO called him back to emcee another filmed vaudeville show, Footlight Varieties (1951).

    Five People Born on May Day | myFiveBest 2010

  • Well, ten if you count the Footlight Parade, I guess.

    She's Got Leeeegs... 2010

  • Here is "By a Waterfall" from Footlight Parade (1933) (fast forward to 3: 35 - 4: 18):

    Tove Hermanson: The Secret Sexy Life of Zippers 2010

  • That Footlight Parade poster is absolutely scandalous!

    She's Got Leeeegs... 2010

  • Another thing, "Footlight Parade", that poster is freaky looking!

    She's Got Leeeegs... 2010

  • How ironic that "America's oldest community theater" (the Footlight Club opened in 1877) would be presenting it thirty-some years later without fuss, obscenities and (discreetly lit) nudity intact.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Roger Sutton 2007

  • How ironic that "America's oldest community theater" (the Footlight Club opened in 1877) would be presenting it thirty-some years later without fuss, obscenities and (discreetly lit) nudity intact.

    Another Phone Call from the Past Roger Sutton 2007

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