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Footlight Serenade

1942, Movie, NR, 81 mins

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Boxer Mature lands a role in a Broadway play and quickly makes a move on dancer Grable, who is secretly married to another of the actors. Her husband, Payne, is not content to sit back and watch his wife be fawned over. As fate would have it, the play has Payne's character get in a brawl with Mature's. When it comes time to deliver the fake blow, Payne sends the boxer down for a 10-count. The cinematography by Garmes is striking, though the score is feeble. Musical numbers include "Are You Kidding?" "I'm Still Crazy About You," "I Hear the Birdies Sing," "Living High," "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song," "Land on Your Feet" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin), and "I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel). leave a comment
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