Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward (1943)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 1943-10-08
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edward Buzzell
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From 4 Ratings

Summary

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.

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  • Lucille Ball

    as Lucille Ball

  • William Gaxton

    as Jack O'Riley

  • Virginia Weidler

    as Helen Schlesinger

  • Tommy Dix

    as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

  • Nancy Walker

    as Nancy - Blind Date

  • June Allyson

    as Ethel

  • Kenny Bowers

    as Dutch Miller

  • Gloria DeHaven

    as Minerva Fierce

  • Jack Jordan

    as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

  • Chill Wills

    as Chester Short

  • Henry O'Neill

    as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

  • Sara Haden

    as Miss Talbert

  • Donald MacBride

    as Capt. Bradd

  • Bob Stebbins

    as Greenie

  • Darwood Kaye

    as Killer

  • Morris Ankrum

    as Col. Harkrider

  • Nana Bryant

    as Mrs. Dalrymple

  • Harry James

    as Himself

  • Harry Hayden

    as Prof. Walter Morton

  • Isabel Randolph

    as Mrs. Morton

  • Stanley Donen

    as Cadet

  • Bess Flowers

    as Prom Guest

  • Harry Duff

    as Cadet (uncredited)

  • John Allbule

    as Cadet

  • Barbara Bedford

    as Chaperone at Dance

  • Billy Bletcher

    as Waxer

  • Lulu Mae Bohrman

    as Elderly Woman

  • Carl R. Botefuhr

    as Cadet

  • Marguerite Campbell

    as Woman

  • James Carlisle

    as Party Guest

  • Milton Chisholm

    as Cadet

  • Jack Coffey

    as Cadet

  • Richard Dick

    as Cadet

  • Norris Durham

    as Cadet

  • Ward Ellis

    as Cadet

  • James Ellison

    as Cadet

  • Don Gallaher

    as Cadet

  • Mac Garn

    as Cadet

  • Joe Geil

    as Cadet

  • Dick Gordon

    as Party Guest

  • Bradley Hail

    as Cadet

  • Ralph Hoopes

    as Cadet

  • Fred Jenel

    as Cadet

  • Sam Kamie

    as Cadet

  • Colin Kenny

    as Party Guest

  • Dale Lefler

    as Cadet

  • Jack Lindquist

    as Cadet

  • George Lockett

    as Cadet

  • Skip E. Lowe

    as Cadet

  • Herb Lurie

    as Cadet

  • Jack McGee

    as Cadet

  • Caren Marsh

    as Dancer

  • Robert Emmett O'Connor

    as Train Conductor

  • James Pilcher

    as Cadet

  • Shirley Jean Rickert

    as Dancer

  • Cal Rothenberg

    as Cadet

  • George Rowland

    as Cadet

  • Hugh Sheridan

    as Cadet

  • Gil Stratton

    as Cadet

  • Art Thompson

    as Elderly Man

  • Riley Thompson

    as Cadet

  • John Treul

    as Cadet

  • Jack Wagner

    as Cadet

  • Ken Wilson

    as Cadet

  • Kenneth Wilson

    as Cadet

  • Beverly Tyler

    as Vocalist
Writing Irving Brecher Screenplay
Writing John Cecil Holm Novel
Directing Edward Buzzell Director
Writing Fred F. Finklehoffe Screenplay
Production Arthur Freed Producer
Sound Hugh Martin Songs
Sound Ralph Blane Songs
Sound Lennie Hayton Original Music Composer
Camera Leonard Smith Director of Photography
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Gile Steele Costume Design
Editing Blanche Sewell Editor
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up I. Miller Shoe Design

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