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                          Footlight Parade (1933)
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STARS...........: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler
DIRECTOR........: Lloyd Bacon
WRITERS.........: Manuel Seff, James Seymour 
GENRE...........: Musical, Comedy, Romance
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024028
RUNTIME.........: 1h 43mn
SIZE............: 5.20 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1436x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.33:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: English AAC 1.0 192kbps
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Warner Archive Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2020-08-25


When the Depression forces a director (James Cagney) off the stage, he tries the screen, creating musical “prologues” to be staged in movie theaters before films; to land a big contract, he must mount three massive production numbers in a single night. Cagney is magnetic in a performance arguably superior to his Oscar-winning YANKEE DOODLE DANDY turn, and Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell are equally entertaining in supporting roles. This fast-paced pre-Code dazzler was named to the National Film Registry, thanks at least in part to Busby Berkeley’s spectacular dance sequences.


Extras

• Music For the Decades
• Rambling 'Round Radio Row
• Vaudeville Reel
• Merrie Melodies: One Step Ahead of my Shadow
• Merrie Melodies: Young and Healthy
• Merrie Melodies: Sittin' on a Backyard Fence
• Merrie Melodies: Honeymoon Hotel
• Trailer