Dance, Girl, Dance

Unrated

8/30/19401h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Heartbreak Behind Gayety of a Girly-Girl Show! ~

Overview:

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Director:

Dorothy Arzner

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

dancing
dancer
romantic rivalry
female friendship
playboy
car accident
seductress
dance company
woman director
ballerina
ex spouses
burlesque show
impresario

Cast

Maureen O'Hara

~ as ~

Judy O'Brien

Louis Hayward

~ as ~

Jimmy Harris

Lucille Ball

~ as ~

Bubbles

Virginia Field

~ as ~

Elinor Harris

Ralph Bellamy

~ as ~

Steve Adams

Maria Ouspenskaya

~ as ~

Madame Basilova

Mary Carlisle

~ as ~

Sally

Katharine Alexander

~ as ~

Miss Olmstead

Edward Brophy

~ as ~

Dwarfie

Walter Abel

~ as ~

Judge

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Reviews (1)

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talisencrw
Written 9 year(s) ago
8
A really fun film that I found in my Maureen O'Hara TCM 4-pack that I highly recommend if you enjoy films from that era. I like the two films I've seen so far from Arzner, who was one of the earliest and most successful of female directors and I believe the first openly lesbian one--the other work I've seen of hers is the great pre-Code look at alcoholism, 'Merrily We Go to Hell'.

This is great if you either like musicals from the era, are a Maureen O'Hara or Lucille Ball enthusiast (holy, she was unbelievably a knockout in her early filmic days!) or are simply curious about the works of early female and/or lesbian directors. Arzner--at least in the two films I have seen from her thus far--showed she truly deserved to be successful in the industry.