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The March of Time

(1930)

September 1, 1930• 1h 28m
70%
TMDB Score

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)

Charles Reisner

Director

Top Billed Cast

BC

Bing Crosby

Self

MD

Marie Dressler

Self - Old Timer Sequence

JD

Jimmy Durante

Self

TF

Trixie Friganza

Self - Old Timer Sequence

AS

Ann Sothern

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

AD

Ann Dvorak

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

BD

Beth Dodge

Self - Lock Step Number

BD

Betty Dodge

Self - Lock Step Number