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Dance, Girl, Dance

6.4

Released August 30, 1940Runtime 1h 30min

Heartbreak Behind Gayety of a Girly-Girl Show!

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Cast

Maureen O'HaraJudy O'Brien

Louis HaywardJimmy Harris

Lucille BallBubbles

Virginia FieldElinor Harris

Ralph BellamySteve Adams

Maria OuspenskayaMadame Basilova

Mary CarlisleSally

Katharine AlexanderMiss Olmstead

Edward BrophyDwarfie

Walter AbelJudge

Harold HuberHoboken Gent

Ernest TruexBailey #1

Chester CluteBailey #2

Lorraine KruegerDolly

Lola JensenDaisy

Emma DunnMrs. Simpson

Sidney BlackmerPuss in Boots

Vivien FayBallerina

Ludwig StösselCaesar

Ernö VerebesFitch

Stanley BlystonePlainclothesman (uncredited)

Wade BotelerPoliceman (uncredited)

Buster BrodieBurlesk House Spectator (uncredited)

Ralph BrooksBurlesk House Spectator (uncredited)

Paul E. BurnsReporter Calling Elinor (uncredited)

Leo ClearyCourt Clerk (uncredited)

Clyde CookClaude (uncredited)

Ray CookeReporter (uncredited)

Gino CorradoGino (uncredited)

Kernan CrippsNight Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Jay EatonNightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bess FlowersNightclub Patron (uncredited)

Paul FungChinese Waiter (uncredited)

Sam HarrisNightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lew HarveyReporter at Taxi (uncredited)

Lew HicksGrumpy Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Donald KerrPhotographer in Hallway (uncredited)

Milton KibbeeReporter at Taxi (uncredited)

Jeanne LafayetteNanette (uncredited)

Mike LallyBurlesk House Spectator (uncredited)

Robert McKenzieOtto (uncredited)

Tony MerloHeadwaiter (uncredited)

Frank MillsMan Booing Judy (uncredited)

Bert MoorhouseJimmy's Friend (uncredited)

Pat MoriartyNight Court Guard (uncredited)

Philip MorrisPoliceman (uncredited)

Barry NortonDissaproving Theatre Patron (uncredited)

William J. O'BrienBurlesk House Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'ConnorPlainclothesman (uncredited)

Jack O'SheaPatron of Palais Royale (uncredited)

Lee PhelpsPlainclothesman (uncredited)

Paul PhillipsReporter (uncredited)

Paul RenayHeadwaiter (uncredited)

Dewey RobinsonPalais Royale Manager (uncredited)

Ralph SanfordTaxi Driver (uncredited)

Ruth SeeleyDimples (uncredited)

Lee ShumwayPoliceman (uncredited)

Bert StevensElevator Passenger (uncredited)

Harry TenbrookNight Court Spectator (uncredited)

Harry TylerBailey Brothers' Barker (uncredited)

Lee 'Lasses' WhiteBailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)

Thelma WoodruffMary (uncredited)

Marjorie WoodworthJane (uncredited)

Crew

Dorothy ArznerDirector

James H. AndersonAssistant Director

Vicki BaumStory

Frank DavisScreenplay

Tess SlesingerScreenplay

Erich PommerProducer

Harry E. EdingtonExecutive Producer

Russell MettyDirector of Photography

Mel BernsMakeup Artist

Robert WiseEditor

Van Nest PolglaseArt Direction

Darrell SilveraSet Decoration

Edward StevensonCostume Design

Edward WardMusic Director

Ernst MatrayChoreographer

Edward WardSongs

Chester ForrestSongs

Robert WrightSongs

Alfred HermanArt Direction

Vernon L. WalkerSpecial Effects

Hugh McDowell Jr.Sound Recordist

Joseph H. AugustDirector of Photography

Marion MorganChoreographer

Wally HeglinOrchestrator

Gene RoseOrchestrator

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Reviews

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 ...