Dancing Lady
“The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls”
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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Cast
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Joan Crawford
Janie Barlow
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Johnny Guitar
Clark Gable
Patch Gallagher
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Franchot Tone
Tod Newton
Known for
Five Graves to Cairo
Mutiny on the Bounty
May Robson
Dolly Todhunter
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
A Star Is Born
Winnie Lightner
Rosette LaRue
Also in
Play Girl
The Life of the Party
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Robert Benchley
Ward King
Known for
I Married a Witch
Foreign Correspondent
Ted Healy
Steve
Known for
Mad Love
San Francisco
Art Jarrett
Art
Also in
Trigger Pals
Susie's Affairs
Grant Mitchell
Jasper Bradley Sr.
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy
Known for
Make Mine Music
Phantom of the Opera
Maynard Holmes
Jasper Bradley Jr.
Also in
Go West Young Man
Bars and Stripes
Robert Z. Leonard Director · Allen Rivkin Screenplay P.J. Wolfson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $923K · United States release November 24, 1933
Box office
Budget
$923,055
Worldwide gross
$2,400,000
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · November 24, 1933
Theatrical
United States · November 24, 1933
Theatrical
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