Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

Overview

In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master of ceremonies, Fredric March, brings on the various acts, starting with a pre-teen Mitzi Green), dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" , followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing-and-dancing to "The Girl Who Used to be You." Then the Three Brox Sisters do a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing 'Falling in Love Again." 'Jack Duffy' does a drunken hillbilly bit involving a lamp post, the the finale has Eddie Peabody, playing a banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.

Cast

Fredric March

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Mitzi Green

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Ginger Rogers

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Jack Oakie

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Bobbe Brox

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Lorayne Brox

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Patricia Brox

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Jack Duffy

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Eddie Peabody

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Billie Dove

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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Ben Lyon

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