Footlight Fever

Footlight Fever
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Irving Reis
Screenplay by	Bert Granet Ian McLellan Hunter
Produced by	Howard Benedict
Starring	Alan Mowbray Donald MacBride Elyse Knox
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Edited by	Theron Warth
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	March 21, 1941 (1941-03-21)(USA)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Footlight Fever at IMDb