The New Pictures, Jul. 19, 1943

Best Foot Forward (M.G.M.) is an effervescent edition of the Broadway musical hit by the young, of the young and, especially, for the young. It has almost the same cast, but Winsocki prep school has become a military academy (uniforms look nice in Technicolor) and who should be playing for the prom but Harry James, the Svengali of the Solid Senders.

Pretty, comical Lucille Ball, with her high pile of fiery hair, plays the movie queen who accepts an invitation to the Winsocki prom as a sound publicity stunt. This is immensely embarrassing to...

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