Dance, Girl, Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dorothy Arzner
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Written by	Vicki Baum (story) Frank Davis Tess Slesinger
Starring	Maureen O'Hara Louis Hayward Lucille Ball
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	August 30, 1940 (1940-08-30)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dance, Girl, Dance is a film released in 1940, directed by Dorothy Arzner.

In 2007, Dance, Girl, Dance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", describing it as Arzner's "most intriguing film" and a "meditation on the disparity between art and commerce. The dancers, played by Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball, strive to preserve their own feminist integrity, while fighting for their place in the spotlight and for the love of male lead Louis Hayward."^[1]

Dance, Girl, Dance was edited by Robert Wise, whose next film as editor was Citizen Kane and who later won Oscars as director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Cast

• Maureen O'Hara as Judy O'Brien
• Louis Hayward as James 'Jimmy' Harris Jr.
• Lucille Ball as Bubbles/Tiger Lily White
• Virginia Field as Elinor Harris
• Ralph Bellamy as Steve Adams
• Maria Ouspenskaya as Madame Lydia Basilova

[edit] Plot

Good friends Judy and Bubbles are both dancers. While Bubbles uses her good looks and blatant sexuality to land jobs, Judy is a dedicated ballerina.

[edit] Reception

In an October 1940 review, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times described the film as a "a saga of glamour-struck chorines to end all sagas of said glamour-struck chorines" and a "cliché-ridden, garbled repetition of the story of the aches and pains in a dancer's rise to fame and fortune."^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Librarian of Congress Announces National Film Registry Selections for 2007, from the Library of Congress website
2. ^ October 11, 1940 Review from The New York Times

[edit] External links

• Dance, Girl, Dance at the Internet Movie Database

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