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Dance, Girl, Dance

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Movie
1940
1h 30m
English
Drama, Music, Romance, Comedy
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
6.6
IMDB
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
78

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Maureen OHara
Judy O'Brien
Louis Hayward
Jimmy Harris
Virginia Field
Elinor Harris
Ralph Bellamy
Steve Adams
Maria Ouspenskaya
Madame Basilova
Katharine Alexander
Miss Olmstead
Harold Huber
Hoboken Gent
Ernest Truex
Bailey #1
Chester Clute
Bailey #2
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Simpson
Sidney Blackmer
Puss in Boots
Vivien Fay
Ballerina
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...
Directed By: Dorothy Arzner
Written By: Frank Davis (Screenplay), Vicki Baum (Story), + 1 more

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soonertbone says...
one year ago
Pretty solid, anchored by wonderful performances by both O'Hara and Ball. The story and the music here are mostly so-so, but there's a passion and a tenderness to the lead performances that I found really endearing. The movie has some interesting commentary on the male gaze (and O'Hara's final speech is a bit of a shocker, given the time) which elevates the material beyond expectations.
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talisencrw
6 years ago
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 More
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