Best Foot Forward (1943)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical
94 min
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
- Release date
- October 8, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,162,000
- Box office
- $2,704,000
Trailer
Cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball
- William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley
- Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger
- Tommy Dix as Bud Hooper
- Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date
- June Allyson as Ethel
- Kenny Bowers as Dutch Miller
- Gloria DeHaven as Minerva
- Jack Jordan as Hunk
- Beverly Tyler as Miss Delaware Water Gap, Vocalist
Crew
- Edward Buzzell · Director
- Irving Brecher · Writer
- Fred F. Finklehoffe · Writer
- John Cecil Holm · Writer
- Arthur Freed · Producer
- Leonard Smith · Cinematographer
- Blanche Sewell · Editor