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Nearly five decades before "Footloose," this charming musical, with choreography by Busby Berkeley, told the story of college students hoping to put on a swing dance show despite the ban put in place by a persnickety professor. The kids get help from Broadway producer Dick Powell--because the show must go on!
Original Release
09/04/1937
US Release
09/04/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Charles 'Chuck' Daly |
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians | Fred Waring Orchestra |
Ted Healy | William Williams |
Rosemary Lane | Barbara 'Babs' Steward |
Priscilla Lane | Betty Bradley |
Walter Catlett | Professor Sylvester Biddle |
Johnnie Davis | Buzz Bolton |
Ford Washington Lee | Buck |
John W. Bubbles | Bubbles |
Fred Waring | Ernie Mason |
Directors
Writers
Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Sig Herzig, Warren Duff
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Charles 'Chuck' Daly |
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians | Fred Waring Orchestra |
Ted Healy | William Williams |
Rosemary Lane | Barbara 'Babs' Steward |
Priscilla Lane | Betty Bradley |
Walter Catlett | Professor Sylvester Biddle |
Johnnie Davis | Buzz Bolton |
Ford Washington Lee | Buck |
John W. Bubbles | Bubbles |
Fred Waring | Ernie Mason |
Sterling Holloway | Trout |
Mabel Todd | Cuddles |
Scotty Bates | Scotty |
George MacFarland | Hap |
Poley McClintock | Poley |
Lee Dixon | Johnny 'Rubberlegs' Stevens |
Halliwell Hobbes | Dean Meredith |
Roy Atwell | Professor Washburn |
Edward Brophy | Mike Barclay |
Ben Welden | Hammer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Louis F. Edelman | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1938 | Oscar | Best Dance Direction | Nominated |