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The Boy Friend
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References
City Lights (1931)
 -  in the beach number, a Charlie Chaplin impersonator walks across the stage with a pooper scooper
Footlight Parade (1933)
An American in Paris (1951)
 -  in the "Poor Little Pierrette" number, some of the costumes are reused from the black and white ball sequence
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
 -  the line: "I think I'll make Singing In the Rain"
Referenced in
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)
 -  Georgina Hale sings 'Nevr too late to fall in love' a song she sang in Ken Russells 1971 film of the same title
Featured in
All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing (1971)
 -  shows feature film clips and behind the scenes footage, discusses the making of
That's Dancing! (1985)
 -  is featured in the title sequence
Spoofs
42nd Street (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
 -  Polly (Twiggy) sings to a picture of Tony (Christopher Gable) a la Judy Garland
Spoofed in
Spice World (1997)

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