Varieties on Parade

Varieties on Parade (1951)

On stage, everybody! It's 60 minutes of star-studded entertainment!

Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are always 'acting' while in their service-industry jobs. What follows is a cavalcade of wild and wacky performances.

Date of release
1951-07-20
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
55m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ron Ormond

Casting

Interesting facts

Varieties on Parade is a 1951 American musical film directed by Ron Ormond and released by Lippert Pictures. The film is a simple variety hour with no plot, replicating a vaudeville show.

Production

In 1948, during the dawn of commercial television, many of its programs depended on live entertainment, relying on vaudeville specialty acts. This exposure created new interest in vaudeville performers and variety shows.

Beginning in 1949, former vaudeville dancing star June Carr and her husband, producer-director Ron Ormond, produced a series of vaudeville-based musical features on $10,000 budgets.

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