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Footlight Varieties
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Footlight Varieties
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| director = Hal Yates
Doran Cox (assistant)
| producer = George Bilson
| writer =
| screenplay = Hal Yates
Felix Adler
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| starring = Jack Paar
Leon Errol
| narrator =
| music = Constantin Bakaleinikoff
| cinematography = J. Roy Hunt
Frank Redman
Jack MacKenzie
G. W. Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
| editing = Edward W. Williams
Jay Whittredge
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
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| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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'Footlight Varieties' is the third of four titles in the RKO series of variety films, combining previously filmed shorts with new musical numbers, plus monologues by master of ceremonies Jack Paar. The new footage was directed by Hal Yates and written by Yates and Felix Adler.
In addition to Paar, the new footage includes performances by The Sportsmen quartet, Liberace, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, Red Buttons, Grace Hartman, and flamenco dancer Inesita. The older sequences are taken from a Leon Errol two-reel comedy, a 'Flicker Flashbacks' silent-movie revival, and a Frankie Carle musical short.
'Footlight Varieties' was followed by the fourth and final film in the variety-show series, 'Merry Mirthquakes', which received a limited release in 1953. Liberace appeared in new footage showcasing his piano performances, and he introduced three RKO comedy shorts.
References
Category:RKO Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American musical films
Category:1951 musical films
Category:1951 films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:1950s American films
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