Footlight Parade (1933)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024028/]
The Gist:
Early Busby Berkeley musical with James Cagney, and really the forerunner of all musicals to follow. The dialogue is fast, crisp, the atmosphere manic. The musical numbers don't really come until the end, kind of like All That Jazz (only All That Jazz put a really morbid spin on this idea). Before the numbers take place, the film is entrenched in the backstage of the musical, breathing the beautiful process.
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