Footlights and Fools
| Footlights and Fools | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Thomas J. Geraghty Carey Wilson |
| Produced by | John McCormick |
| Starring | Colleen Moore Raymond Hackett Fredric March Virginia Lee Corbin Mickey Bennett Edward Martindel Adrienne D'Ambricourt |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich Sidney Hickox |
| Music by | Alois Reiser |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Footlights and Fools is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by William A. Seiter that was billed by Warner Brothers as an all-talking musical film and released in Vitaphone with Technicolor sequences.
Plot
[edit]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.
Cast
[edit]- Colleen Moore as Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
- Raymond Hackett as Jimmy Willet
- Fredric March as Gregory Pyne
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Claire Floyd
- Mickey Bennett as Call boy
- Edward Martindel as Chandler Cunnungham
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Jo
- Fred Howard as Treasurer (credited as Frederick Howard)
- Sydney Jarvis as Stage manager
- Cleve Moore as Press agent
- Andy Rice Jr. as Song plugger
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Stage doorman
- Larry Banthim as Bud Burke
- Earl Bartlett as Trio Leader (uncredited)
- Nora Cecil (uncredited)
Production background
[edit]This film was Moore's fourth film under her contract signed February 28, 1929. It followed Smiling Irish Eyes, also with Moore and directed by Seiter.
Preservation status
[edit]This is considered a lost film with only the Vitaphone disks existing.
Soundtrack
[edit]- "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
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- 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).
External links
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- Footlights and Fools at IMDb
- Footlights and Fools at TCM Database
- MovieTome[permanent dead link]
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- 1929 films
- 1920s color films
- 1929 lost films
- First National Pictures films
- Lost American musical drama films
- Films directed by William A. Seiter
- American black-and-white films
- English-language musical drama films
- 1920s musical drama films
- 1929 drama films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1929 musical films
- Musical drama film stubs