Dancing Lady

1933
Approved
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Jean Alden, Gail Arnold, Lee Bailey, Lynn Bari, Bonita Barker, Kathryn Barnes, Esther Brodelet, Edna Callahan, Lorena Carr, Shirley Chambers, Dalie Dean, Shirley Deane, Dorothy Dearing, Dale Dee, Florine Baile, Elizabeth Cooke, Alan DeAstray, Francis Belmont, and Louis Delgardo in Dancing Lady (1933)

Slapstick Comedy Musical Romance

An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Co-stars Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford were married from 1935-39. They made seven films together between 1933-37.

Goofs
Ted Healy's The Three Stooges have small parts in the movie as stagehands. (at around 28 mins) Larry asks Moe, "How are you in the country?" Moe slaps Larry, at which time a large bridge or other dental appliance shoots out of Larry's mouth, bounces off of Curly, and falls to the floor. None of the other cast members seem to notice, and Larry stays in character and continues to deliver his lines.

Quotes
Patch Gallagher: Yes, yes, yes, the top spot. Where if you drop, you've got twice as far to fall. Maybe I'm a sap for trying. And maybe I can make something out of you if you can stand up when I get through with you.
Janie 'Duchess' Barlow: I've got good legs, Mr. Gallagher.
Patch Gallagher: Yes, so I've noticed, but don't let them run away with you.

Connections
Edited into The Big Idea (1934)

Soundtracks
Hold Your Man
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Sung and Danced by Winnie Lightner and chorus

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Joan Crawford & Clark Gable Are Fantastic Together

"Dancing Lady" is a breezy & enjoyable backstage musical, a vehicle for Joan Crawford, co-starring Clark Gable & Fred Astaire. Crawford & Gable are fantastic together.

Brilliantly directed by Robert Z Leonard, the film swiftly moves from a burlesque setting to Broadway as Crawford chases Gable, and ends ecstatically with a grand Busby Berkeleyish number with Astaire.

Nelson Eddy & The Three Stooges make an early intriguing appearance.