Dance, Girl, Dance
Heartbreak Behind Gayety of a Girly-Girl Show!
1940 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Dorothy Arzner |
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| Writer: | Vicki Baum, Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 1940 |
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| Director: | Dorothy Arzner |
| Writer: | Vicki Baum, Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | dancing, dancer, female friendship, playboy, car accident, burlesque, dance company, woman director, ballerina, hula dancer |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Maureen O'Hara | Judy O'Brien |
| Louis Hayward | Jimmy Harris |
| Lucille Ball | Bubbles |
| Virginia Field | Elinor Harris |
| Ralph Bellamy | Steve Adams |
| Maria Ouspenskaya | Madame Basilova |
| Mary Carlisle | Sally |
| Katharine Alexander | Miss Olmstead |
| Edward Brophy | Dwarfie |
| Walter Abel | Judge |
| Harold Huber | Hoboken Gent |
| Ernest Truex | Bailey #1 |
| Chester Clute | Bailey #2 |
| Lorraine Krueger | Dolly |
| Lola Jensen | Daisy |
| Emma Dunn | Mrs. Simpson |
| Sidney Blackmer | Puss in Boots |
| Vivien Fay | Ballerina |
| Ludwig Stössel | Caesar |
| Ernö Verebes | Fitch |
| Stanley Blystone | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Buster Brodie | Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited) |
| Paul E. Burns | Reporter Calling Elinor (uncredited) |
| Leo Cleary | Court Clerk (uncredited) |
| Clyde Cook | Claude (uncredited) |
| Ray Cooke | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Gino Corrado | Gino (uncredited) |
| Kernan Cripps | Night Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Jay Eaton | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Paul Fung | Chinese Waiter (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Lew Harvey | Reporter at Taxi (uncredited) |
| Lew Hicks | Grumpy Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | Photographer in Hallway (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | Reporter at Taxi (uncredited) |
| Jeanne Lafayette | Nanette (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited) |
| Robert McKenzie | Otto (uncredited) |
| Tony Merlo | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Man Booing Judy (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Jimmy's Friend (uncredited) |
| Pat Moriarty | Night Court Guard (uncredited) |
| Philip Morris | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Barry Norton | Dissaproving Theatre Patron (uncredited) |
| William J. O'Brien | Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited) |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| Jack O'Shea | Patron of Palais Royale (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| Paul Phillips | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Paul Renay | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Dewey Robinson | Palais Royale Manager (uncredited) |
| Ralph Sanford | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Ruth Seeley | Dimples (uncredited) |
| Lee Shumway | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) |
| Harry Tenbrook | Night Court Spectator (uncredited) |
| Harry Tyler | Bailey Brothers' Barker (uncredited) |
| Lee 'Lasses' White | Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| Thelma Woodruff | Mary (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Woodworth | Jane (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Vicki Baum | Story |
| Dorothy Arzner | Director |
| Tess Slesinger | Screenplay |
| Robert Wise | Editor |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Russell Metty | Director of Photography |
| Frank Davis | Screenplay |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Harry E. Edington | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8.0
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.
Jun 23, 2021