The March of Time

Overview

Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers. Musical excerpts were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933), and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). "The Lock Step" was later used in That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Cast

Bing Crosby

Self

Marie Dressler

Self - Old Timer Sequence

Jimmy Durante

Self

Trixie Friganza

Self - Old Timer Sequence

Ann Sothern

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Ann Dvorak

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Beth Dodge

Self - Lock Step Number

Betty Dodge

Self - Lock Step Number