Best Foot Forward (1943)

6.8/10 95 min Comedy Music

Overview

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

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

William Gaxton

Jack O'Riley

Virginia Weidler

Helen Schlesinger

Nancy Walker

Nancy - Blind Date

June Allyson

Ethel

Kenny Bowers

Dutch Miller

Gloria DeHaven

Minerva Fierce

Chill Wills

Chester Short

Henry O'Neill

Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Sara Haden

Miss Talbert

Donald MacBride

Capt. Bradd

Darwood Kaye

Killer

Morris Ankrum

Col. Harkrider

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Dalrymple

Harry James

Himself

Harry Hayden

Prof. Walter Morton

Isabel Randolph

Mrs. Morton

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