Ruby Keeler

Real Name: Ethel Ruby Keeler

Birth: 25 Aug 1909
Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

#Death: 28 Feb 1993 aged 83
Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California, USA

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#OTD #RubyKeeler #actress #dancer #42ndStreet #GoldDiggers #FootlightParade

Best closing Busby Berkeley number?
-Forgotten Man #GoldDiggersOf1933
-Shanghai Lil #FootlightParade
-42nd Street #42ndStreet

#TCMParty

As randy as 9 year-old Billy Barty is in #GoldDiggersOf1933, it’s only half as randy as he is in #FootlightParade.
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I've got "Sittin' on a Backyard Fence" from #FootlightParade stuck in my head.

"Come out! Come out! Come out and get your lovin'... Now don't keep me in suspense!" #precode #classicfilm

I made it to the end. Thank goodness there is a two-hour delay tomorrow.
#FootlightParade #TCMParty

By a Waterfall is my favorite musical number in #FootlightParade although Shanghai Lil comes close. But my favorite line comes via Joanie Blondell:
“Outside, countess. As long as they've got sidewalks YOU'VE got a job!” with a swift kick in the rear and push out the door.
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Sand Pebbles: The Musical #TCMParty #FootlightParade

#FootlightParade #TCMParty

The three prologues presented at the end of #FootlightParade really make you wonder: how big is this stage and how big is Cagney's budget? #TCMParty #classicfilm

a person is putting nails on a blackboard . ALT: a person is putting nails on a blackboard .

#FootlightParade #TCMParty
"I miss you velly much a long time..."

Needs more stereotypes. #TCMParty #FootlightParade

a black and white photo of a woman holding a piece of paper with the words " don t you find respectable people terribly dull " ALT: a black and white photo of a woman holding a piece of paper with the words " don t you find respectable people terribly dull "

#FootlightParade #ShanghaiExpress #TCMParty
Not to be confused with Shanghai Lily

Busby Berkeley was a genius. That is all. #FootlightParade #TCMParty

Anyone for cake? #FootlightParade #TCMParty

Uh oh, here come the "revolving women" that Bruce Goldstein warned us about at the 2023 #TCMFF screening of #FootlightParade. #TCMParty #classicfilm

Pool party! #FootlightParade #TCMParty

These flappers need flippers.
#FootlightParade #TCMParty

I, too, would be disappointed to find Billy Barty in my bed on my wedding night. #TCMParty #FootlightParade

Baby Billy Barty! What a legend. So many things to love about #FootlightParade! #TCMParty

And now for the horny number of this picture. #TCMParty #FootlightParade

I love #FootlightParade. Aside from the amazing Cagney-Blondell-Dodd love triangle, it also has my favorite WB dream team, #GuyKibbee and #FrankMcHugh. #tcmparty #precode #classicfilm

Is there anything I can do?/Yeah. See that window over there?/Yeah./Take a running jump and I think you can make it. #FootlightParade #TCMParty

“As long as they've got sidewalks YOU'VE got a job.”

Joan Blondell: stealing movies as only she can👏👏👏👏 #FootlightParade #TCMParty

Don’t tell me you married that chiseler! #FootlightParade #TCMParty

I need a retelling of #FootlightParade from this cat’s perspective. #TCMParty

#FootlightParade #TCMParty

“Where the hell are the singin’ cats?”

Here you go, Paul!

#TCMParty #FootlightParade #ArtDeco

Here come Ruby and her feet! #FootlightParade #TCMParty

"I know Miss Bi-- Miss Rich, if you remember."

#FootlightParade #TCMParty

Oh #thisbitch and the horrible prologue.

#TCMParty #FootlightParade