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Best Foot Forward


Date: 1943
Type: Musical / Comedy
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Edward Buzzell
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

Lucille Ball playing herself is invited to a military academy prom by one of the boys as her date and she accepts as her agent things it would be a way of restarting her career. The plot is thin and pretty much nonsense and is based on the Broaday musical. The film shows its stage roots and the dance numbers are not the best. It is a film that would ahve played well when released in 1943, but not so much today.

Actors


Lucille BallLucille Ball
William Gaxton
Virginia Weidler
Tommy Dix
Nancy Walker
June Allyson
Gloria DehavenGloria DeHaven
Beverly Tyler
Chill WillsChill Wills
Henry O'NeillHenry O'Neill
Sara HadenSara Haden
Nana BryantNana Bryant

Oscars

None
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Best Foot Forward