Best Foot Forward (film)

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Best Foot Forward is a 1943 American music film adapted from the 1941 Broadway musical comedy with the same title. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Edward Buzzell, and starred Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Wills Chill, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Nancy Walker.

The actors perform their own singing, except Lucille Ball, whose song is nicknamed by Gloria Grafton; Virginia Weidler, whose song was nicknamed by Louanne Hogan; and Jack Jordan, whose song was nicknamed by Ralph Blane.

Weidler, then 16 years old, retired from acting after the film was made, made his final Football Best Foot Forward appearance.

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Plot

The story centers around Lucille Ball, playing against a military academy background filled with lively boys. Ball is a reluctant guest of a small cadet, Bud Hooper, who writes to him a "mash note" and an invitation to be his date at a school party.

The ball ball publicity, Jack O'Riley, took over the situation as a perfect PR action, and convinced him to travel 3,000 miles to join Hooper in the Winsocki Military Academy. When the Ball really does show up, there is chaos. Hooper, who never dreamed he would accept, had to persuade his girlfriend, Helen Schlesinger, and ask Ball to pretend to be Helen, if the actress herself did not graduate with the institute review committee.

Helen fights while Hooper tries to keep Ball out of the grip of another cadet who wants to steal it herself. Meanwhile, Harry James and his orchestra performed various songs, including "The Flight of the Bumbeeee". The performers also sang and danced in their way through numbers such as "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (songs co-opted in 1960 for "Buckle Up for Safety"), "Wish I May", "Three Men on a Date", "Alive and Kickin '"," The Barrelhouse, Boogie-Woogie, and The Blues ", and" Ev'ry time ". (CD soundtrack also includes a snippet of "What Do You Think I Am?".)

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Cast

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Music number

All songs by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin.

• "Buckle Down, Winsocki" - Sung by Tommy Dix and Chorus behind the title.
• "Wish I Hope Me" - Sung and Danced by Gloria De Haven, June Allyson, Kenny Bowers, Jack Jordan (nicknamed by Ralph Blane), Sara Haden, Donald McBride, and Chorus.
• "Three Men on Date" - Sung by Tommy Dix, Kenny Bowers, and Jack Jordan (nicknamed by Ralph Blane).
• "Two O'Clock Jump" - Played by Harry James and His Music Makers.
• "Ev'ry Time" - Played by Harry James and his Musical Maker.
• "Ev'ry Time" (vocal reprise) - Sung by Virginia Weidler (nicknamed by Louanne Hogan).
• "Flight of the Bumblebee" - Played by Harry James and Musical Maker.
• "The Three B's" - Sung and Danced by June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Nancy Walker, and Chorus with Harry James and His Music Makers.
• "I Know You by Heart" - Played by Harry James and Musical Maker.
• "My First Promise (The Ring Waltz)" - Sung by Beverly Tyler and Chorus with Harry James and Musical Maker.
• "Alive and Kickin '" - Performed by Nancy Walker and Harry James and Musical Makers, Drawn by Harry James and Nancy Walker.
• "You're Lucky" - Sung by Lucille Ball (dubbed by Gloria Grafton).
• "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (reprise) - Sung by Tommy Dix and Chorus.

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Box office

According to MGM records, the film generated $ 2,051,000 in the US and Canada, and $ 653,000 elsewhere, generating a profit of $ 398,000.

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References

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External links

• The Best Applied Foot on IMDb
• Leg Forward Best in AllMovie
• Foot Forward Best in the TCM Movie Database
• The Leg Forward Best in the American Movies Film Catalog
• Leg Forward Best at Rotten Tomatoes

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