Word: blane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ainsworth, H. H. Ambrose, A. R. Anderson, W. L. Asper, R. W. Baker, V. G. Bentley, S. W. Bigwood, R. G. Bispham, L. A. Blane, J. E. Boyle, M. J. Bradbury, H. C. Braun, M. D. Brown, L. W. Budlong, Nathaniel Burt, R. N. Butler, J. R. Byerly, Paul Casamajor...
Best Foot Forward (produced by George Abbott; book by John Cecil Holm; words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) skips tunefully along with a cast that is, for the most part, barely out of its nonage. But if the performers are short on years, they are pleasantly long on talent, and under the shrewd direction of Producer George Abbott, they see to it that Best Foot Forward never lets its title down...
Betty Grable looks nice, sings a little, and wiggles ecstatically. Alice Faye looks tired, sings a little too much, and wriggles epileptically. Together, as the song-plugging Blane sisters, they leave the audience nearly as indifferent as leading man John Payne, who wanders through "Tin Pan Alley" as if he had taken a wrong turn and arrived there by mistake--which isn't far from the truth. The tunes, featuring "K-K-K-Katie" and the great grandmother of "God Bless America" make B.M.I.'s current cacophony sound like the music of the spheres. And a kaleidoscopic flashback on World...
...more than an excuse to keep the performers occupied between numbers, Producer Zanuck treats it like an ugly stepchild. Its principal function is to present the cheesecake of the cast-blonde, lethargic Alice Faye and blonde, lithe Betty Grable-as the sister act of Katie and Lily Blane. Capitalizing on their more obvious assets, the film sets Alice and Betty wriggling and crooning in cellophane hula skirts and harem costumes. Clearly neither of the girls cares to hand over the picture to the other, and their artistic competition results in a standoff. Miss Faye, now somewhat more mature than Miss...