Best Foot Forward (1943)
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.
- Released
- 1943-10-08
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Edward Buzzell, Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball
- William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley
- Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger
- Tommy Dix as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
- Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date
- June Allyson as Ethel
- Kenny Bowers as Dutch Miller
- Gloria DeHaven as Minerva Fierce
- Jack Jordan as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
- Chill Wills as Chester Short
- Henry O'Neill as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
- Sara Haden as Miss Talbert