“The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls”
Overview
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.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by James Warner Bellah, Allen Rivkin, P.J. Wolfson
Box OfficeBudget: $923KRevenue: $2.4M
Themes & Keywords
dancingmarriage proposaldancerbased on novel or bookstripteasemusicaltap dancinggreat depressionstage showtheater directorrevuebeautiful womanjailsingingblack and whitechoreographerpre-codemerry go roundburlesquemanhattan, new york citypolice raidrehearsal spacebroadway showuptownrich mannight courtdeterminationdance practicefinancial backermanipulated womandancing girlsdance rehearsal
About Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady is a comedy, romance, music film released in 1933 exploring themes of dancing, marriage proposal, dancer, based on novel or book, striptease, musical. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, it stars Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone. 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.