Best Foot Forward (1943)

Name: Best Foot Forward
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1943-10-08
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Tommy Dix, Nancy Walker

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.

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Released 1943-10-08 · 95 min · Comedy, Music

Directed by Edward Buzzell

Cast

Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball
William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley
Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger
Tommy Dix as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date
June Allyson as Ethel
Kenny Bowers as Dutch Miller
Gloria DeHaven as Minerva Fierce
Jack Jordan as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Chill Wills as Chester Short
Henry O'Neill as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Sara Haden as Miss Talbert
Donald MacBride as Capt. Bradd
Bob Stebbins as Greenie
Darwood Kaye as Killer