Footlight Serenade (1942)

Comedy, General Film, Missing Trailer, Music

Director: Gregory Ratoff

Writer(s): Kenneth Earl, Robert Ellis, Fidel LaBarba, Helen Logan, Lynn Starling

Starring: John Payne, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jane Wyman, James Gleason, Phil Silvers, Cobina Wright, June Lang, Frank Orth, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Charles Tannen, George Dobbs, Louise Allen, Loretta Barnett, Harry Barris, Eleanor Bayley, Brooks Benedict, Teddy Blue, Eugene Borden, Esther Brodelet, Ralph Brooks, Edgar Caldwell, Barbara Clark, Russ Clark, Frank Coghlan Jr., James Craven, Midgie Dare, Virginia Davis, John Dilson, Jane Eberling, Jeanne Francis, Frances Gladwin, Kay Gordon, Janet Graves, Dorothy Harris, Wilma Holly, George Holmes, Marjorie Jackson, Lynne Kelly, Donna La Barr, Mike Lally, Billie Lane, Perc Launders, Wilbur Mack, Trudy Marshall, Dona Massin, Carole Mathews, Margie McKay, Pat McKee, Bud Mercer, Jim Mercer, Bert Moorhouse, Peggy Lou Neary, William Newell, James Notaro, Hermes Pan, Patsy Perrin, Jack Perry, Eleanor Peterson, Gerald Pierce, Lillian Porter, Sheila Rae, Marjorie Raymond, Beth Renner, Ruth Riley, Jack Roper, Lillian Ross, Sheila Ryan, Cy Schindell, Linda Scott, Charles Sherlock, Mary Stewart, Marcia Sweet, Sue Taylor, Dan Tobey, Doris Toddings, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Nondas Wayne, Sethma Williams, Don Wilson, Allen Wood, Lillian Yarbo, Sally Yarnell

Synopsis: Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat’s boyfriend Bill Smith isn’t impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.

Release Date: August 1, 1942 (USA) | Length: 80 min | Genre: Comedy, Musical | Certificate: Approved

Note: Missing trailer. Above is a clip from the film.