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Footlight Fever is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Irving Reis and starring Alan Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Elisabeth Risdon and Elyse Knox. Produced and distributed by RKO Pictures, it is a sequel to the 1940 film Curtain Call.

Plot

Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.

Cast

Alan Mowbray as Avery
Donald MacBride as Crandall
Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Hattie
Lee Bonnell as John Carter
Elyse Knox as Eileen Drake
Charles Quigley as Spike
Georgia Backus as Imogene, Secretary
Eddie Borden as Joe
Chester Clute as Mr. Holly
Charles Halton as Mr. E.J. Fingernogle
Lew Kelly as Jarvis
Mantan Moreland as Willie Hamsure, Elevator Operator
Bradley Page as Harvey Parker
Keye Luke as Chinese Restaurant Waiter

Reception

It lost $40,000 at the box office.^[1] A reviewer in Variety felt the film was predictable as "there's not an unexpected moment in it".^[2]

References

^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p159
^ Tucker p.240

Bibliography

Tucker, David C. Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland, 2018.

External links

Footlight Fever at IMDb

[rko-1] Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p159

[2] Tucker p.240

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