Dance, Girl, Dance [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Dance, Girl, Dance [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
, Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
, Virginia Field
Virginia Field
, Louis Hayward
Louis Hayward
Dorothy Arzner
Dance, Girl, Dance [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Dance, Girl, Dance [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
, Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
, Virginia Field
Virginia Field
, Louis Hayward
Louis Hayward
Dorothy Arzner

Blu-ray (Black & White)

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Overview

Based on a story by Vicki Baum (of Grand Hotel) fame, Dance, Girl Dance finds innocent young Judy (Maureen O'Hara) journeying to the Big Apple in hopes of gaining fame as a classical dancer. Instead she ends up as the "stooge" for raucous strip-tease artist Bubbles (Lucille Ball), who attempts to perform ballet before leering, catcalling, unappreciative burlesque audiences. Eventually, Judy and Bubbles both fall for playboy Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward), a rivalry that culminates in a hair-pulling, eye-scratching cat fight. Eventually, Harris's ex-wife (Virginia Field) reels him back in, and Judy is hired by ballet producer and entrepreneur Steve Adams (Ralph Bellamy). In recent years, Dance, Girl, Dance has been canonized as a feminist manifesto, due to the fact that Dorothy Arzner was the director and because of Maureen O'Hara's climactic burlesque-house speech, in which she lambastes the male spectators for their puerile chauvinism. It should be noted, however, that Arzner became director only after Roy Del Ruth pulled out of the project. Uncertain how to promote the film, RKO Radio elected to sneak it into its first-run houses without fanfare, and the result was a $400,000 loss for the studio.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/19/2020
UPC: 0715515246217
Original Release: 1940
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:29:00
Sales rank: 12,999

Special Features

New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New introduction by critic B. Ruby Rich; New interview with firlmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; SDH subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Maureen O'Hara Judy
Lucille Ball Bubbles
Virginia Field Elinor Harris
Louis Hayward Jimmy Harris
Ralph Bellamy Steve Adams
Maria Ouspenskaya Mme. Lydia Basilova
Mary Carlisle Sally
Katherine Alexander Miss Olmstead
Edward Brophy Dwarfie,Dwarfie
Walter Abel Judge
Harold Huber Hoboken Gent
Ernest Truex Bailey No. 1
Chester Clute Bailey No. 2
Lorraine Krueger Dolly
Lola Jensen Daisy
Emma Dunn Mrs. Simpson
Sidney Blackmer Puss in Boots
Vivian Fay The Ballerina
Ludwig Stossel Caesar
Erno Verebes Fitch
Ruth Seeley Dimples
Thelma Woodruff Mary
Marjorie Woodworth Jane
Lee 'Lasses' White Stage Manager
Philip Morris Policeman
Wade Boteler Policeman
Lee Shumway Policeman
Robert Emmett O'Connor Plainclothesman,Actor
Lee Phelps Plainclothesman
Paul Rensy Headwaiter
Clyde Cook Claude
Leo Cleary Clerk
Kernan Cripps Bailiff
Bob McKenzie Fat Man
Harry Tyler Barker
Jean Lafayette Nanette
Paul Fung Chinese Waiter
Dewey Robinson Nightclub Manager
Ralph Sanford Taxi Driver
Tony Martelli Waiter
Gino Corrado Waiter
Milton Kibbee Reporter,Actor
Lew Harvey Reporter
Paul E. Burns Reporter
Paul Phillips Reporter
Edward Ward Composer
Robert Wright Composer
Chester Forrest Composer

Technical Credits
Dorothy Arzner Director
Erich Pommer Producer
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects,Special Effects
Harry Edington Producer,Executive Producer
Frank Davis Screenwriter
Tess Slesinger Screenwriter
Hugh McDowell, Jr. Sound/Sound Designer
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