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Dames

Dames

A WORLD'S FAIR OF BEAUTY, SONG - LAUGHTER!

19346.41h 31m

Overview

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

Directed by Ray Enright
Written by Delmer Daves, Robert Lord, Al Dubin
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Top Cast

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Mabel Anderson

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Jimmy Higgens

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Barbara Hemingway

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Matilda Hemingway

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Horace Hemingway

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Ezra Ounce

Arthur Vinton

Arthur Vinton

Bulger

Phil Regan

Phil Regan

Johnny Harris

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Train Conductor

Johnny Arthur

Johnny Arthur

Billings

Themes & Keywords

musicalbroadwaypre-code

About Dames

Dames is a romance, music, comedy film released in 1934 exploring themes of musical, broadway, pre-code. Directed by Ray Enright, it stars Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler. A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

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