![]() Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings by Peter Petinger (2002).Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern by Jayna Brown (2009).American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 by Alec Wilder (1972).America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs…by Philip Furia, Michael L.Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era by Ken Emerson (2006).Alec Wilder Song Collection, The (2007).A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film by Richard Barrios (1995).Irving Kahal) Danced by Ruby Keeler - Sung by Ruby Keeler, Billy Taft and Chorus Irving Kahal) Sung by Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus – Swum by Ruby Keeler and Chorus, choreography by Busby Berkeley Gene Kardos and his Orchestra, vocal by Dick Robertsonīy a Waterfall (m. Shanghai Lil (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) Sung by James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Chorus, Danced by James Cagney and Ruby Keeler and Chorus Irving Kahal) – Sung by Frank McHugh, Dick Powell, and three members of the Chorus Irving Kahal) Danced by Ruby Keeler - Vocals are distributed between Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, a studio chorus, and bit part players in the hotel (staff, family members, other guests).įreddy Martin & his Orchestra, vocal by Terry Shand - recorded 31 August 1933 and issued as Brunswick 6654 c/w Sittin’ On a Backyard Fence (m. ![]() ![]() It premiered on 30 September 1933, and was released generally on 21 October. ![]() studio in Burbank, California, and cost an estimated $703,000 to make. Footlight Parade was shot at the Warner Bros. film Wonder Bar, which was credited to Berkeley.) Cagney’s character, Chester Kent, was modelled after Chester Hale, a well-known impresario at the time, and the offices he worked in were based on the Sunset Boulevard offices of the prologue production company “Fanchon and Marco” in Los Angeles. (Ceballos also claimed to have created a number later used in the Warner Bros. Remarkably, considering that his musical numbers are the highlight of the film, Busby Berkeley was not the original choice to choreograph – Larry Ceballos was signed to direct the dance numbers, and sued Berkeley and the studio for $100,000 for breach of contract when he was not allowed to do so. Other actors considered for various roles included Eugene Pallette, George Dobbs and Patricia Ellis.
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