Back home

Dance, Girl, Dance

70 votes

Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1940-08-30

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Dorothy Arzner

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Original title: Dance, Girl, Dance

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

t

talisencrw
A really fun film that I found in my Maureen O'Hara TCM 4-pack that I highly recommend if you enjoy films from that era. I like the two films I've seen so far from Arzner, who was one of the earliest and most successful of female directors and I believe the first openly lesbian one--the other work I've seen of hers is the great pre-Code look at alcoholism, 'Merrily We Go to Hell'. This is great if you either like musicals from the era, are a Maureen O'Hara or Lucille Ball enthusiast (holy, she was unbelievably a knockout in her early filmic days!) or are simply curious about the works of early female and/or lesbian directors. Arzner--at least in the two films I have seen from her thus far--showed she truly deserved to be successful in the industry.
2016-05-17

Recommendations

The Loveless
2.9

The Loveless

1984-01-20

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at D

Born in Flames
3

Born in Flames

1983-04-01

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups o

Total Eclipse
3.2

Total Eclipse

1995-11-03

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance w

Let Liv
3

Let Liv

2023-06-12

A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs

Addicted to Fresno
2.6

Addicted to Fresno

2015-10-02

Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fr

How to Get Daddy to Change
4

How to Get Daddy to Change

1978-12-24

Adventures of the "How to Rip Whale Tooth" (1977) heroes continue... The story takes place in the co

How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth
3.8

How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth

1977-12-24

Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother.

Suzaku
3.6

Suzaku

1997-11-01

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with

What's Wrong with Me? kk
3

What's Wrong with Me? kk

2015-09-10

A woman wearing a short skirt pick up a man with a lover.

So Different
2.3

So Different

2009-11-06

Single mother Lotta and her younger sister Sanna are both successful in their different jobs, and ar

A New Leaf
3.6

A New Leaf

1971-03-11

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy bota

Bob Saget: That Ain't Right
2.4

Bob Saget: That Ain't Right

2007-08-25

Well-known television personality Bob Saget -- perhaps best known for his portrayal of squeaky-clean

The Opposite Sex
2.3

The Opposite Sex

2015-01-22

The story of Vince, New England's most successful divorce attorney. To Vince, life is one big compet

Claustrophobia
2.6

Claustrophobia

2008-10-23

Pearl has quietly fallen in love with her boss Tom, who’s married with a family. Without warning, To

3 Still Standing
3

3 Still Standing

2014-10-04

Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francis

Anjelah Johnson: That's How We Do It
3.4

Anjelah Johnson: That's How We Do It

2009-12-28

In her first major Comedy Central 1 hour special, entitled "That's How We Do It," recorded at the Ve

Take Care of My Cat
3.4

Take Care of My Cat

2001-10-12

When one girl from five close school friends moves to Seoul after school is over, the other four try

A Woman Judge
2.5

A Woman Judge

1962-11-03

The newly-restored film by one of Korea's first female director follows a female judge's struggles i

To Crush The Serpent
2.5

To Crush The Serpent

1981-03-01

Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the v

Double Agent 73
1.8

Double Agent 73

1974-01-01

Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too cl