Best Foot Forward
Edward Buzzell1943-10-08
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical
6
95 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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lucille Ball | Lucille Ball | Unowned |
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William Gaxton | Jack O'Riley | Unowned |
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Virginia Weidler | Helen Schlesinger | Unowned |
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Tommy Dix | Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper | Unowned |
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Nancy Walker | Nancy - Blind Date | Unowned |
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June Allyson | Ethel | Unowned |
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Kenny Bowers | Dutch Miller | Unowned |
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Gloria DeHaven | Minerva Fierce | Unowned |
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Jack Jordan | Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt | Unowned |
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Chill Wills | Chester Short | Unowned |
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Henry O'Neill | Maj. Roger W. Reeber | Unowned |
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Sara Haden | Miss Talbert | Unowned |
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Donald MacBride | Capt. Bradd | Unowned |
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Bob Stebbins | Greenie | Unowned |
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Darwood Kaye | Killer | Unowned |
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Morris Ankrum | Col. Harkrider | Unowned |
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Nana Bryant | Mrs. Dalrymple | Unowned |
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Harry James | Himself | Unowned |
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Harry Hayden | Prof. Walter Morton | Unowned |
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Isabel Randolph | Mrs. Morton | Unowned |
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Stanley Donen | Cadet | Unowned |
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Bess Flowers | Prom Guest | Unowned |
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Harry Duff | Cadet (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Allbule | Cadet | Unowned |
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Barbara Bedford | Chaperone at Dance | Unowned |
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Billy Bletcher | Waxer | Unowned |
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Lulu Mae Bohrman | Elderly Woman | Unowned |
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Carl R. Botefuhr | Cadet | Unowned |
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Marguerite Campbell | Woman | Unowned |
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James Carlisle | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Milton Chisholm | Cadet | Unowned |
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Jack Coffey | Cadet | Unowned |
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Richard Dick | Cadet | Unowned |
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Norris Durham | Cadet | Unowned |
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Ward Ellis | Cadet | Unowned |
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James Ellison | Cadet | Unowned |
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Don Gallaher | Cadet | Unowned |
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Mac Garn | Cadet | Unowned |
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Joe Geil | Cadet | Unowned |
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Dick Gordon | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Bradley Hail | Cadet | Unowned |
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Ralph Hoopes | Cadet | Unowned |
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Fred Jenel | Cadet | Unowned |
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Sam Kamie | Cadet | Unowned |
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Colin Kenny | Party Guest | Unowned |
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Dale Lefler | Cadet | Unowned |
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Jack Lindquist | Cadet | Unowned |
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George Lockett | Cadet | Unowned |
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Skip E. Lowe | Cadet | Unowned |
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Herb Lurie | Cadet | Unowned |
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Jack McGee | Cadet | Unowned |
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Caren Marsh | Dancer | Unowned |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor | Train Conductor | Unowned |
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James Pilcher | Cadet | Unowned |
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Shirley Jean Rickert | Dancer | Unowned |
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Cal Rothenberg | Cadet | Unowned |
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George Rowland | Cadet | Unowned |
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Hugh Sheridan | Cadet | Unowned |
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Gil Stratton | Cadet | Unowned |
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Art Thompson | Elderly Man | Unowned |
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Riley Thompson | Cadet | Unowned |
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John Treul | Cadet | Unowned |
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Jack Wagner | Cadet | Unowned |
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Ken Wilson | Cadet | Unowned |
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Kenneth Wilson | Cadet | Unowned |
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Beverly Tyler | Vocalist | Unowned |