Varieties on Parade is a 1951 American musical film directed by Ron Ormond and released by Lippert Pictures.
Comic master of ceremonies Eddie Garr opens the show with a monologue about Hollywood locals trying to impress movie producers.
Guest stars are spotted between the acts: Jackie Coogan lampoons his 1921 breakthrough role as "The Kid," with Eddie Garr imitating Charlie Chaplin; Eddie Dean offers a cowboy song and engages Garr and Coogan in comic patter; Tom Neal and Iris Adrian, both featured in Lippert productions, do a flirtation act; and Lyle Talbot appears in a sketch with burlesque veterans Jean Carroll and Harry Rose.
In 1948, during the dawn of commercial television, many of its programs depended on live entertainment, relying on specialty acts from vaudeville.
Typically "we shot with three cameras in a downtown Los Angeles theater... the crew was going to quit at five, and we couldn't afford to keep them around [and pay overtime salaries].