Footlight Fever
1941 film
- March 21, 1941 (1941-03-21) (USA)
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Footlight Fever is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Irving Reis and starring Alan Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Elisabeth Risdon and Elyse Knox. Produced and distributed by RKO Pictures, it is a sequel to the 1940 film Curtain Call.
Plot
Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Cast
- Alan Mowbray as Avery
- Donald MacBride as Crandall
- Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Hattie
- Lee Bonnell as John Carter
- Elyse Knox as Eileen Drake
- Charles Quigley as Spike
- Georgia Backus as Imogene, Secretary
- Eddie Borden as Joe
- Chester Clute as Mr. Holly
- Charles Halton as Mr. E.J. Fingernogle
- Lew Kelly as Jarvis
- Mantan Moreland as Willie Hamsure, Elevator Operator
- Bradley Page as Harvey Parker
- Keye Luke as Chinese Restaurant Waiter
Reception
It lost $40,000 at the box office.[1] A reviewer in Variety felt the film was predictable as "there's not an unexpected moment in it".[2]
References
Bibliography
- Tucker, David C. Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland, 2018.
External links
- Footlight Fever at IMDb
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Films directed by Irving Reis
- The Business of Love (1925)
- Trout Fishing (1932)
- One Crowded Night (1940)
- I'm Still Alive (1940)
- Footlight Fever (1941)
- The Gay Falcon (1941)
- Weekend for Three (1941)
- A Date with the Falcon (1942)
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
- The Big Street (1942)
- Hitler's Children (1943)
- Crack-Up (1946)
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
- All My Sons (1948)
- Enchantment (1948)
- Roseanna McCoy (1949)
- Dancing in the Dark (1949)
- Of Men and Music (1951)
- Three Husbands (1951)
- New Mexico (1951)
- The Four Poster (1952)
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