Footlight Serenade (1942)
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Victor Mature plays an arrogant champion boxer who opts for an acting career on Broadway. He falls in love with his costar Betty Grable, who's secretly married to actor John Payne. Unwilling to make public her marriage lest it adversely affect her career, Grable is unsuccessful in fending off Mature's advance, which causes her hubby's blood to boil. As it happens, Payne is also in the show, cast as Mature's sparring partner, and it is within the bounds of this role that he gets his revenge on the pushy pugilist. With the three leading actors playing for laughs, one wonders why 20th Century-Fox put Phil Silvers in the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Payne, Betty Grable, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gregory Ratoff
Synopsis of Footlight Serenade
Victor Mature plays an arrogant champion boxer who opts for an acting career on Broadway. He falls in love with his costar Betty Grable, who's secretly married to actor John Payne. Unwilling to make public her marriage lest it adversely affect her career, Grable is unsuccessful in fending off Mature's advance, which causes her hubby's blood to boil. As it happens, Payne is also in the show, cast as Mature's sparring partner, and it is within the bounds of this role that he gets his revenge on the pushy pugilist. With the three leading actors playing for laughs, one wonders why 20th Century-Fox put Phil Silvers in the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Footlight Serenade
- John Payne - Bill Smith
- Victor Mature - Tommy Lundy
- Phil Silvers - Slap
- Cobina Wright, Jr. - Estelle Evans
- Frank Orth - Mike, the Doorman
- Irving Bacon - Porter
- George Dobbs - Dance director
- Wilbur Mack - Boxing Commissioner
- Harry Barris - Composer
- Russ Clark
- Hermes Pan - Assistant dance director
- Sheila Ryan - Girl
- George Holmes - Boy
- Betty Grable - Pat Lambert
- Jane Wyman - Flo LaVerne
- James Gleason - Bruce McCay
- June Lang - June
- Mantan Moreland - Dresser
- Charles Tannen - Stage manager
- Frank Coghlan, Jr. - Usher
- William Newell - Writer
- Pat McKee - Pug
- Frankie Van - Referee
- Don Wilson - Announcer
- Trudy Marshall - Secretary
- John Dilson - Clerk
- Director(s):
- Gregory Ratoff
- Writer(s):
- Lynn Starling, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis
- Producer(s):
- William Le Baron
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