Footlight Parade
1933 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 6,318 VOTES · DIR. Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley
Overview
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,520 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:59 - What a laugh. - Yeah?
00:05:49 When you're buying for one store, you get soaked.
00:08:43 - So, you came right back here? - That's just what I did.
00:11:19 Stop, you're killing me.
00:14:43 I'm having a jolly time
00:17:48 and make an orchestration of Cats on Parade in B flat.
00:21:34 Yep, just in time.
00:25:40 Oh, Vivian? What ever happened to that boyfriend of yours?
00:29:27 Has brains and all kinds of culture. Just what we need.
00:32:52 And you're by my side
00:37:09 He doesn't want you to strain yourself the first day.
00:40:39 All right, Miss Thorn, you watch it from over there, will you?
00:44:20 Maybe we'd better go back to your office.
00:47:49 You know Thompson, Gladstone's director?
00:51:30 It's done!
00:55:35 - Good night, kids. - Good night.
00:59:44 - You know Mrs. Gould, she talks a lot. - Anything we can prove?
01:02:50 When Apolinaris hears, he wouldn't sign if we gave him Garbo on roller skates.
01:06:49 Hold it! That's where your song comes in!
01:10:56 I'm the girl in charge of conversation
01:16:44 If I hurt your feelings I regret it
01:27:27 Beneath the willow
01:33:32 The stars that hang high over Shanghai
01:37:25 I pray to Buddha in the Josh house
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,520
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:01:59
Final line01:37:25
Production Record
DirectorLloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley
LanguageEnglish
Budget$703,000
Revenue$2,416,000
IMDb votes6,318