The Unfinished Dance
“Romance! Spectacle! Music!”
Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play the lead in the school's production of "Swan Lake." So on opening night, Meg arranges an accident which nearly kills Darina and ends her dancing career. As a result, Bouchet becomes a star, while Meg is torn with guilt. This is a remake of the 1937 French film "Ballerina", based on a short story by Paul Morand.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
23 people
Margaret O'Brien
'Meg' Merlin
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
Little Women
Cyd Charisse
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
The Band Wagon
Cedric Gibbons
Henry Koster
Also in
Unwanted Cinema
Joe Pasternak
Also in
Unwanted Cinema
Paul Morand
Also in
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Karin Booth
La Darina
Also in
Tobor the Great
Cripple Creek
Myles Connolly
Robert Surtees
Danny Thomas
Mr. Paneros
Also in
The Danny Thomas Show
Cricket on the Hearth
Hugh Hunt
Esther Dale
Olga
Known for
The Awful Truth
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Henry Koster Director · Myles Connolly Writer Paul Morand Story
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $3M · United States release September 19, 1947
Box office
Budget
$2,989,000
Worldwide gross
$2,303,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 19, 1947
Theatrical
Finland
November 26, 1948
France
September 2, 1949
Mexico
February 17, 1949
Portugal
April 5, 1949
Sweden
December 22, 1947
United Kingdom
August 9, 1948
More from Henry Koster
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The Unfinished Dance
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.