Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lucille Ball | ... | Lucille Ball | |
William Gaxton | ... | Jack O'Riley | |
Virginia Weidler | ... | Helen Schlesinger | |
Tommy Dix | ... | Bud Hooper | |
Nancy Walker | ... | Nancy - Blind Date | |
June Allyson | ... | Ethel | |
Kenny Bowers | ... | Dutch Miller | |
Gloria DeHaven | ... | Minerva | |
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Jack Jordan | ... | Hunk |
Beverly Tyler | ... | Miss Delaware Water Gap, Vocalist | |
Chill Wills | ... | Chester Short | |
Henry O'Neill | ... | Maj. Reeber | |
Sara Haden | ... | Miss Talbert | |
Donald MacBride | ... | Capt. Bradd | |
Bob Stebbins | ... | Greenie (as Bobby Stebbins) |
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. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
I really did enjoy seeing 1943's Best Foot Forward (BFF) again , after more than 50 years. I note that a couple of other reviewers have commented that they most enjoyed the film, as did I, for the song Buckle Down, Winsocki, as sung by Tommy Dix, and wondered what ever became of "military cadet" Tommy Dix, real life and career-wise. Young Tom would be about 82 years old now. As I recall, Tommy Dix was also in the original Broadway stage production of BFF in 1941. As far as I can find, there is absolutely not one shred or hint of bio or other life/career information re Tommy Dix on the internet, except that he was born in 1924 and appeared in very minor roles in two other movies in the early 1940's. Finito!
INDEED, what ever DID happen to our cadet, Tommy Dix? Does anybody out there know? Anyway, I hope he graduated with full honors from life's academy and had a grand and rewarding career, whatever and wherever it may have been, in or out of the movies.