We Were Dancing

Director: Robert Z. Leonard Robert Z. Leonard

Overview

Strange but true: Norma Shearer turned down the title role in Mrs. Miniver to star instead in the insignificant trifle We Were Dancing. Loosely based on two Noel Coward playlets originally presented as part of the omnibus production Tonight at 8:30, the story concerns the romance between socialite Vicki Wilomirsky (Norma Shearer) and Nicki Prax (Melvyn Douglas), an impoverished baron who supports himself as a "professional guest." Nicki steals Vicki away from her stuffy attorney fiance Hubert Tyler (Lee Bowman), but their subsequent marriage comes to an end when Vicki spots Nicki in the arms of his ex-lover Linda Wayne (Gail Patrick). Returning to Tyler, Vicki is on the verge of a second marriage, when Nicki once again waltzes into her life?.and on and on it goes, where it will stop, nobody knows.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/23/2009
UPC:	0883316127476
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	47,772

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Norma Shearer	Vicki Wilomirsky
Melvyn Douglas	Nicki Prax
Gail Patrick	Linda Wayne
Lee Bowman	Hubert Tyler
Marjorie Main	Judge Sidney Hawkes
Reginald Owen	Maj. Tyler-Blane
Alan Mowbray	Grand Duke Basil
Florence Bates	Mrs. Vanderlip
Sig Rumann	Baron Prax
Dennis Hoey	Prince Wilomirsky
Heather Thatcher	Mrs. Tyler-Blane
Connie Gilchrist	Olive Hansome
Florence Shirley	Mrs. Charteris
Paul Porcasi	Manager of Duquesne
John Piffle	Dutchman
Lionel Pape	Englishman
Philip Ahn	Chinaman
George Reed	Butler at Blane's House,Butler at Blane's House
Ottola Nesmith	Mrs. Quimby
Mary Forbes	Mrs. Sandys
Thurston Hall	Sen. Quimby,Butler
Douglas Wood	Col. Sandys
Alan Napier	Capt. Blackstone
Martin Turner	Red Cap
Pierre Watkin	Mr. Bentley
Bryant Washburn	Mr. Lambert
Nella Walker	Mrs. Bentley
Helene Millard	Mrs. Lambert
Florence Wix	Sporting Woman
Alex Callam	Clerk
Dick Elliott	Mr. Platt
Jessica Newcombe	Mrs. Platt
Betty Hayward	Debutante
John Roche	Mr. Fox
Duncan Renaldo	Sam Estrella
Russell Hicks	Bryce-Carew
Norma Varden	Mrs. Bryce-Carew
Anthony Marsh	Tommy Brooke
Willy Castello	Felucci
Emmett Vogan	Bailiff
Harry Hayden	Clerk
Polly Bailey	Flower Woman
Tim Ryan	Traffic Cop
Jean Fenwick	Girl
Fred Santley	Clerk
Harold Minjir	Beverly
Ian Wolfe	Reggie
Barlowe Borland	McDonough
Richard Alexander	Moving Man
Alex Pollard	Ransome's Butler
Jacques Vanaire	Beverly's Assistant
Gino Corrado	Headwaiter in Inn
Esther Michelson	Headwaiter's Wife
Meeka Aldrich	Housemaid
Henry Roquemore	Mr. Ransome
Charles Sullivan	Train Announcer
Bill Fisher	Train Conductor
John 'Buddy' Williams	Red Cap
John Holland	Friend
Herbert Rawlinson	Friend
Ava Gardner	Girl
Bronislau Kaper	Composer

Technical Credits

Hans Rameau

Claudine West

George Froeschel

Orville O. Dull	Producer
Robert Z. Leonard	Director,Producer
Hans Rameau	Screenwriter
Claudine West	Screenwriter
George Froeschel	Screenwriter
Douglas Shearer	Sound/Sound Designer