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… More 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
- Directed By
- Gregory Ratoff
- Written By
- Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Lynn Starling
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
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Cast
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John Payne
as Bill Smith
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Betty Grable
as Pat Lambert
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Victor Mature
as Tommy Lundy
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Jane Wyman
as Flo LaVerne
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Phil Silvers
as Slap
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James Gleason
as Bruce McCay
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Cobina Jr. Wright
as Estelle Evans
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June Lang
as June
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Frank Orth
as Mike the Doorman
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Mantan Moreland
as Dresser
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Irving Bacon
as Porter
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Charles Tannen
as Stage manager
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George Dobbs
as Dance director
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Usher
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John Dilson
as Clerk
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George Holmes
as Boy
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Wilbur Mack
as Boxing Commissioner
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Trudy Marshall
as Secretary
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William Newell
as Writer
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Sheila Ryan
as Girl
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Don Wilson
as Announcer
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Harry Barris
as Composer
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Hermes Pan
as Assistant dance director
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Pat McKee
as Pug
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Frankie Van
as Referee
- Russ Clark