Dancing Lady

"The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls"

1933 1h 32m EN

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6.9

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80%

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6.8

IMDB

★6.9TMDB · 44🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes★6.8IMDB · 2,813

ComedyRomanceMusic

Synopsis

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Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

“The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls”

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Cast

Joan Crawford
Janie Barlow
Clark Gable
Patch Gallagher
Franchot Tone
Tod Newton
May Robson
Dolly Todhunter
Winnie Lightner
Rosette LaRue
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Robert Benchley
Ward King
Ted Healy
Steve

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Writers: Allen Rivkin, P.J. Wolfson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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93 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, shot by Oliver T. Marsh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Margaret Booth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Joan Crawford and Clark Gable and Franchot Tone carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0023926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Robert Z. Leonard directs. Oliver T. Marsh behind the camera. Margaret Booth cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
293 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, shot by Oliver T. Marsh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Margaret Booth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Joan Crawford and Clark Gable and Franchot Tone carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls".
7IMDB entry: tt0023926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 32 themes, including "dancing", "marriage proposal", "dancer", "based on novel or book".