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Footlight Varieties is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Benjamin Stoloff released in USA on 21 march 1951 with Leon Errol

Footlight Varieties (1951)

Footlight Varieties
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Released in USA 21 march 1951
Length 1h1
Directed by ,    ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating53% 2.664572.664572.664572.664572.66457

Footlight Varieties is the third and final effort in the RKO series of variety films, combining film shorts with musical numbers and routines by Jack Paar. Directed by Hal Yates, the screenplay was written by Yates and Felix Adler. In addition to Paar, the film stars Leon Errol, and includes performances by The Sportsmen, Liberace, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, and Red Buttons.



^ "Footlight Varieties: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

Actors

Leon Errol

(Leon Errol (segment "He Forgot To Remember") (archive footage))Mamie Van Doren

(Blonde in theater)Liberace

(Himself)Red Buttons

(Himself)Dorothy Granger

(Vivian Errol (segment "He Forgot To Remember") (archive footage))
And :
Bess Flowers
Byron Foulger
Elaine Riley
Harry Harvey, Sr.
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