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<html> <head> <title>Best Foot Forward</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Best Foot Forward <nobr>(29-Jun-1943)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/014/000135606/">Edward Buzzell</a><p><b>Writers:</b> <a href="/people/233/000203621/">Irving Brecher</a>; Fred Finklehoffe<p><b>From a play by:</b> John Cecil Holm<p><b>Music and Lyrics by:</b> Hugh Martin; Ralph Blane<p><b>Producer:</b> <a href="/people/935/000113596/">Arthur Freed</a><p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/254/000246513/">Musical Comedy</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/980/000031887/"><font size=-1>June Allyson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Two Girls and a Sailor</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000118735/"><font size=-1>Morris Ankrum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Sep-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Invaders from Mars</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000024486/"><font size=-1>Lucille Ball</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I Love Lucy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/641/000092365/"><font size=-1>Gloria DeHaven</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jul-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Summer Holiday</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/457/000280614/"><font size=-1>Sara Haden</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Shop Around the Corner</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000043247/"><font size=-1>Harry James</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Mar-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Big Band-era bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/451/000104139/"><font size=-1>Donald MacBride</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>High Sierra</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000133738/"><font size=-1>Henry O'Neill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Aug-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-May-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Anchors Aweigh</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000279836/"><font size=-1>Beverly Tyler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Nov-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Green Years</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000109834/"><font size=-1>Nancy Walker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-May-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Rhoda's</i> mother</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000140780/"><font size=-1>Virginia Weidler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Philadelphia Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000043731/"><font size=-1>Chill Wills</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jul-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Alamo</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/558/000024486/">Lucille Ball</a></td><td> ... Herself</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With</font></td></tr><tr><td>William Gaxton</td><td> ... Jack O'Riley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/203/000140780/">Virginia Weidler</a></td><td> ... Helen Schlesinger</td></tr><tr><td>Tommy Dix</td><td> ... Bud / Elwood C. Hooper</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/164/000109834/">Nancy Walker</a></td><td> ... Blind Date (Nancy)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/980/000031887/">June Allyson</a></td><td> ... Minerva</td></tr><tr><td>Kenny Bowers</td><td> ... Dutch</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/641/000092365/">Gloria DeHaven</a></td><td> ... Ethel</td></tr><tr><td>Jack Jordan</td><td> ... Hunk</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/376/000043247/">Harry James</a></td><td> ... Himself</td></tr><tr><td>and His Music Makers</td><td> ... Themselves</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/676/000279836/">Beverly Tyler</a></td><td> ... Miss Delaware Water Gap</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/860/000043731/">Chill Wills</a></td><td> ... Chester Short</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/140/000133738/">Henry O'Neill</a></td><td> ... Maj. Reeber</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/457/000280614/">Sara Haden</a></td><td> ... Miss Talbert</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/451/000104139/">Donald MacBride</a></td><td> ... Capt. Bradd</td></tr><tr><td>Bobby Stebbins</td><td> ... Greenie</td></tr><tr><td>Darwood Kaye</td><td> ... Killer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/092/000118735/">Morris Ankrum</a></td><td> ... Col. Harkrider</td></tr><tr><td>Nana Bryant</td><td> ... Mrs. Dalrymple</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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