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| | Film Soc 2005 :: Footlight Parade |
 | | Seemingly schizophrenic in form, with a gritty, backstage saga yielding to three flights of Busby Berkeley fantasy, Footlight Parade is actually an amazing cultural index of the Depression. |
 | | Cagney is in great acting, comic and dancing form throughout and Blondell, as Kent's devoted secretary, proves that she has few peers at wisecracking or conveying low-key warmth. |
 | | It ends with a string of three grandiose numbers by Busby Berkeley, that kitschy darling of current fashion, the third of which is given a terrific boost by Cagney and by a camera raptly tracking through smoky Chinese bars, nightclubs and opium dens. |
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