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Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

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

19336.81h 32m

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

Top Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Janie Barlow

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Patch Gallagher

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Tod Newton

May Robson

May Robson

Dolly Todhunter

Winnie Lightner

Winnie Lightner

Rosette LaRue

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Ward King

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

Steve

Art Jarrett

Art Jarrett

Art

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Jasper Bradley Sr.

Themes & Keywords

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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.

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