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Parade, 1933 attained the highest simultaneous
quality of both numbers and narrative of any of the 1930's
Warner Brothers musicals. It also gave James Cagney
a chance to show the public how well he danced.
It climaxes
with three Berkeley masterworks: "Honeymoon Hotel' and
its pre-production Code telling of a couple's wedding night;
'By A Waterfall' - dozens of
unclad females, splashing, floating & diving in perfect
patterns & designs (peer closely & you'll see how
the synchronous effects were achieved); and finally, 'Shanghai
Lil' - a fitting tribute to the talents of both Cagney & Berkeley.
The Cast included:
- James Cagney .... Chester Kent
- Ruby Keeler .... Bea Thorn
- Dick Powell .... Scott 'Scotty' Blair
- Frank McHugh .... Francis
- Joan
Blondell .... Nan Prescott
- Guy Kibbee .... Silas 'Si' Gould
- Ruth Donnelly .... Mrs. Harriet Bowers Gould
- Hugh Herbert .... Charlie Bowers
- Claire Dodd .... Vivian Rich
- Gordon Westcott .... Harry Thompson
- Arthur Hohl .... Al Frazer
- Renee Whitney .... Cynthia Kent
- Barbara Rogers .... Gracie
- Paul Porcasi .... George Apolinaris
- Philip Faversham .... Joe Barrington
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