Footlights and Fools

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Footlights and Fools

"Mirth! Melody! Drama! Color!"

1929

1h 18m

7.0(1 votes)

Music

Drama

Overview

Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.

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Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Colleen Moore

Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray

Acting

Raymond Hackett

Jimmy Willet

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Fredric March

Gregory Pyne

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Virginia Lee Corbin

Claire Floyd

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Edward Martindel

Chandler Cunnungham

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Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Production

Frederick Howard

Treasurer

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Mickey Bennett

Call boy

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Sydney Jarvis

Stage manager

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Cleve Moore

Press agent

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Ben Hendricks Jr.

Stage doorman

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Larry Banthim

Bud Burke

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Earl Bartlett

Trio Leader (uncredited)

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Nora Cecil

(uncredited)

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