The Unfinished Dance
Romance! Spectacle! Music!
1947 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Henry Koster |
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| Writer: | Paul Morand, Myles Connolly |
| Staring: |
| Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play the lead in the school's production of "Swan Lake." So on opening night, Meg arranges an accident which nearly kills Darina and ends her dancing career. As a result, Bouchet becomes a star, while Meg is torn with guilt. This is a remake of the 1937 French film "Ballerina", based on a short story by Paul Morand. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 19, 1947 |
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| Director: | Henry Koster |
| Writer: | Paul Morand, Myles Connolly |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | remake, ballet |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Margaret O'Brien | 'Meg' Merlin |
| Cyd Charisse | Mlle. Ariane Bouchet |
| Karin Booth | La Darina |
| Danny Thomas | Mr. Paneros |
| Esther Dale | Olga |
| Thurston Hall | Mr. Ronsell |
| Harry Hayden | Murphy |
| Elinor Donahue | Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue) |
| Connie Cornell | Phyllis |
| Ruth Brady | Miss Merlin |
| Charles Bradstreet | Fred Carleton |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Hugh Hunt | Set Decoration |
| Douglass Biggs | Editor |
| Paul Morand | Story |
| Daniel B. Cathcart | Art Direction |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Designer |
| Henry Koster | Director |
| Myles Connolly | Writer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Helen Rose | Costume Design |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Julian Silberstein | Assistant Director |
| Eugene Joseff | Costume Assistant |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joe Pasternak | Producer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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