Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

1h 30m

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6.4/10

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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.

Directors

Dorothy Arzner

Writers

Frank Davis(screenplay by)

Tess Slesinger(screenplay by)

Vicki Baum(story by)

Stars

Maureen O'Hara

Louis Hayward

Lucille Ball

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Judy O'Brien

Jimmy Harris

Bubbles

Elinor Harris

Steve Adams

Madame Basilova

Sally

Miss Olmstead

Dwarfie

Judge

Hoboken Gent

Bailey #1

Bailey #2

Dolly

Daisy

Mrs. Simpson

Puss in Boots

Ballerina

Directors

Dorothy Arzner

Writers

Frank Davis(screenplay by)

Tess Slesinger(screenplay by)

Vicki Baum(story by)

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8/10

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.

talisencrw17 May, 2016