Footlights and Fools
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| Footlights and Fools | |
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 Magazine ad for Footlights and Fools (1929) |
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by | John McCormick |
| Written by | Thomas J. Geraghty Carey Wilson |
| Starring | Colleen Moore Raymond Hackett Fredric March Virginia Lee Corbin Mickey Bennett Edward Martindel Adrienne d'Ambricourt |
| Music by | Alois Reiser |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich Sidney Hickox |
| Studio | First National Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | 8 November 1929 (USA) |
| Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Footlights and Fools (1929) is a sound film billed by Warner Brothers as an all-talking musical film, released in Vitaphone with Technicolor sequences.
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[edit] Plot
Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
[edit] Cast
- Colleen Moore - Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
- Raymond Hackett - Jimmy Willet
- Fredric March - Gregory Pyne
- Virginia Lee Corbin - Claire Floyd
- Mickey Bennett (born 1915) - Call boy
- Edward Martindel - Chandler Cunnungham
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt - Jo
- Fred Howard - Treasurer (as Frederick Howard)
- Sydney Jarvis - Stage manager
- Cleve Moore - Press agent
- Andy Rice Jr. - Song plugger
- Ben Hendricks Jr. - Stage doorman
- Larry Banthim - Bud Burke
- Earl Bartlett - Trio Leader (uncredited)
- Nora Cecil - (uncredited)
[edit] Production background
This film was Moore's fourth film under her contract signed February 28, 1929, and followed Smiling Irish Eyes, also with Moore and directed by Seiter.
[edit] Preservation status
This is considered a lost film with only the Vitaphone disks existing.
[edit] Soundtrack
- "If I Can't Have You (If You Can't Have Me)"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "You Can't Believe My Eyes"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "Ophelia Will Fool You"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
- "Pilly Pom Pom Plee"
- Lyric by Al Bryan
- Music by George W. Meyer
- Copyright 1929 by Remick Music Corporation
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).
