Movie

Best Foot Forward

Released: October 8, 1943 (1943)

Runtime: 95 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Music

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

William Gaxton as Jack O'Riley
Age at release: 53
Chill Wills as Chester Short
Age at release: 41
Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball
Age at release: 32
June Allyson as Ethel
Age at release: 26
Nancy Walker as Nancy - Blind Date
Age at release: 21
Tommy Dix as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Age at release: 19
Gloria DeHaven as Minerva Fierce
Age at release: 18
Virginia Weidler as Helen Schlesinger
Age at release: 16
Kenny Bowers as Dutch Miller
Age at release: Unknown
Jack Jordan as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Age at release: Unknown

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James Carlisle as Party Guest
Age at release: 61
Harry Hayden as Prof. Walter Morton
Age at release: 60
Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Morton
Age at release: 56
Donald MacBride as Capt. Bradd
Age at release: 54
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Dalrymple
Age at release: 54
Henry O'Neill as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Age at release: 52
Billy Bletcher as Waxer
Age at release: 49
Morris Ankrum as Col. Harkrider
Age at release: 47
Sara Haden as Miss Talbert
Age at release: 44
Bess Flowers as Prom Guest
Age at release: 44
Barbara Bedford as Chaperone at Dance
Age at release: 40
Harry James as Himself
Age at release: 27
Harry Duff as Cadet (uncredited)
Age at release: 18
Carl R. Botefuhr as Cadet
Age at release: 17
Darwood Kaye as Killer
Age at release: 14
Bob Stebbins as Greenie
Age at release: Unknown
John Allbule as Cadet
Age at release: Unknown
Lulu Mae Bohrman as Elderly Woman
Age at release: Unknown
Marguerite Campbell as Woman
Age at release: Unknown
Milton Chisholm as Cadet
Age at release: Unknown