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On Your Toes

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Vera Zorina in On Your Toes (1939)
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A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.

  • Director
    • Ray Enright
  • Writers
    • Jerry Wald
    • Richard Macaulay
    • Sig Herzig
  • Stars
    • Vera Zorina
    • Eddie Albert
    • Alan Hale
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    230
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray Enright
    • Writers
      • Jerry Wald
      • Richard Macaulay
      • Sig Herzig
    • Stars
      • Vera Zorina
      • Eddie Albert
      • Alan Hale
    • 12User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Vera Zorina
    Vera Zorina
    • Vera Barnova
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Phil Dolan Jr.
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Sergei Alexandrovitch
    Frank McHugh
    Frank McHugh
    • Paddy Reilly
    James Gleason
    James Gleason
    • Phil Dolan Sr.
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    • Ivan Boultonoff
    Gloria Dickson
    Gloria Dickson
    • Peggy Porterfield
    Queenie Smith
    Queenie Smith
    • Mrs. Dolan
    Erik Rhodes
    Erik Rhodes
    • Konstantin Morrisine
    Berton Churchill
    Berton Churchill
    • Donald Henderson
    Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor
    • Phil Jr. as a Boy
    Sarita Wooton
    • Vera as a Girl
    • (as Sarita Wooten)
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Second Stage Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Mishka - Slave in Ballet
    • (uncredited)
    Symona Boniface
    Symona Boniface
    • Woman in Audience
    • (uncredited)
    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • Second Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Glen Cavender
    Glen Cavender
    • Extra as Stagehand
    • (uncredited)
    Lew Christensen
    • Ballet Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray Enright
    • Writers
      • Jerry Wald
      • Richard Macaulay
      • Sig Herzig
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      "On Your Toes" was adapted from a Broadway musical that opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on April 11, 1936 and ran for 315 performances. Ray Bolger starred in the original stage production. The musical was revived on Broadway in 1954 and 1983.
    • Goofs
      George Balanchine's name is misspelled as "Ballanchine" in the credits.
    • Quotes

      Sergei Alexandrovitch: I will not give the American audiences what they want, I will give them what they ought to like.

    • Crazy credits
      Lorenz Hart, the lyricist for the original Broadway show, receives onscreen credit, but his lyrics are never sung at all in the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in That's Dancing! (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh, You Beautiful Doll
      (1911) (uncredited)
      Music by Nat Ayer
      Second number performed by the Dancing Dolans, repeated during the vaudeville bits
      Danced by Donald O'Connor, Queenie Smith and James Gleason

    User reviews12

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    5/10

    Notable for "Slaughter on 10th Avenue"

    The main reason to see this movie is the performance of Richard Rogers's mini-ballet, "Slaughter on 10th Avenue." The melody will haunt you for days, and George Ballanchine choreographed the piece for the film's star, Norwegian ballerina Vera Zorina. Her costar Eddie Albert (remember Green Acres?) was supplied with a dancing double. --Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013
    • LeonardKniffel
    • Apr 7, 2020
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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Ljudi od juče
    • Filming locations
      • Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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