Best Foot Forward

Oct 8, 1943

1h 35m

★ 6.0

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical

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.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Foot Forward Trailers

Cast

Lucille Ball

Jack O'Riley

William Gaxton

Helen Schlesinger

Virginia Weidler

Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

Tommy Dix

Nancy - Blind Date

Nancy Walker

Ethel

June Allyson

Dutch Miller

Kenny Bowers

Minerva Fierce

Gloria DeHaven

Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Jack Jordan

Chester Short

Chill Wills

Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Henry O'Neill

Miss Talbert

Sara Haden

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