Cinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Edward WardCast:
Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel (more)VOD (1)
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Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the 1930s and early ’40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls: a starry-eyed dancer (Maureen O’Hara) who dreams of making it as a ballerina and the brassy gold digger (a scene-stealing Lucille Ball) who becomes her rival both on the stage and in love. The rare Hollywood film of the era to deal seriously with issues of female artistic struggle and self-actualization, Arzner’s film is a rich, fascinating statement from an auteur decades ahead of her time. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Maureen O'Hara
Ireland
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Louis Hayward
South Africa
Best movies:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
And Then There Were None (1945)
Lucille Ball
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Top Hat (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
Virginia Field
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Ralph Bellamy
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Trading Places (1983)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Maria Ouspenskaya
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Rains Came (1939)
Kings Row (1942)
Mary Carlisle
USA
Best movies:
Grand Hotel (1932)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Katharine Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Stage Door (1937)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Edward Brophy
USA
Best movies:
The Cameraman (1928)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dumbo (1941)
Walter Abel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Harold Huber
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
San Francisco (1936)
Ernest Truex
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Lorraine Krueger
USA
Best movies:
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Emma Dunn
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Sidney Blackmer
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Ludwig Stössel
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Ernö Verebes
USA
Best movies:
The Great Sinner (1949)
Houdini (1953)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)