DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
DIRECTED BY DOROTHY ARZNER
PRODUCED BY HARRY E. EDDINGTON/ ERICH POMMER
RKO RADIO PICTURES
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Plot Summary
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.
Written by Daniel Bubbeo
Full Cast
Maureen O'Hara .... Judy O'Brien
Louis Hayward .... Jimmy Harris
Lucille Ball .... Bubbles/Tiger Lily White
Virginia Field .... Elinor Harris
Ralph Bellamy .... Steve Adams
Maria Ouspenskaya .... Madame Lydia Basilova
Mary Carlisle .... Sally
Katharine Alexander .... Miss Olmstead
Edward Brophy .... Dwarfie Humblewinger
Walter Abel .... Judge
Harold Huber .... Hoboken Gent
Ernest Truex .... Bailey #1
Chester Clute .... Bailey #2
Lorraine Krueger .... Dolly
Lola Jensen .... Daisy
Emma Dunn .... Mrs. Simpson
Sidney Blackmer .... Puss in Boots
Vivien Fay .... The Ballerina (as Vivian Fay)
Ludwig Stössel .... Caesar (as Ludwig Stossel)
Ernö Verebes .... Fitch (as Erno Verebes)
Stanley Blystone .... Plainclothesman at Palais Royale (uncredited)
Wade Boteler .... Policeman at Palais Royale (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns .... Reporter calling Elinor (uncredited)
Leo Cleary .... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Clyde Cook .... Claude, Harris' Valet (uncredited)
Ray Cooke .... Reporter in Hallway (uncredited)
Gino Corrado .... Gino, Club Ferdinand Waiter (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps .... Night Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Bess Flowers .... Woman with Elinor at Club Ferdiand (uncredited)
Paul Fung .... Chinese Waiter (uncredited)
Lew Harvey .... Reporter at Taxi (uncredited)
Donald Kerr .... Photographer in Hallway (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee .... Reporter at Taxi (uncredited)
Jeanne Lafayette .... Nanette, Elinor's Maid (uncredited)
Tony Martelli .... Waiter (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie .... Otto, the Fat Man (uncredited)
Frank Mills .... Man Booing Judy (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse .... Jimmy's friend in nightclub (uncredited)
Philip Morris .... Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor .... Plainclothesman at Palais Royale (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea .... Patron of Palais Royale (uncredited)
Lee Phelps .... Plainclothesman at Palais Royale (uncredited)
Paul Phillips .... Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Renay .... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson .... Palais Royale Manager (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford .... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ruth Seeley .... Dimples (uncredited)
Lee Shumway .... Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Tyler .... Bailey Brothers' Barker (uncredited)
Lee 'Lasses' White .... Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)
Thelma Woodruff .... Mary (uncredited)
Marjorie Woodworth .... Jane (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Vicki Baum story
Frank Davis
Tess Slesinger
Original Music
Chet Forrest (song "Mother, What Do I Do Now?") (song title uncredited) (as Chester Forrest)
Bob Wright (song "Mother, What Do I Do Now?") (song title uncredited) (as Robert Wright)
Wladimir A. Timm (song "Beer Barrel Polka") (uncredited)
Jaromir Vejvoda (song "Beer Barrel Polka") (uncredited)
Vasek Zeman (song "Beer Barrel Polka [Roll Out the Barrel]") (uncredited)
Non-Original Music
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (from "The Wedding March") (uncredited)
Cinematography
Russell Metty
Joseph H. August (uncredited)
Trivia
Roy Del Ruth was originally assigned to direct, but he quit over creative differences with producer Erich Pommer, so Dorothy Arzner was assigned the job.
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Ironically, in later years, star Lucille Ball would actually own RKO, the company that made this film.
Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara became inseparable friends while shooting this film, and remained lifelong friends until Ball's death in 1989. O'Hara was having lunch with her when Ball first saw her future husband Desi Arnaz.
This film is included in the book "1001 Movies You Need to See Before You Die", edited by Steven Jay Schneide