Dancing Lady (1933)


Dancing Lady
Release Date24 November 1933
GenreMusical, Comedy, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBackstage Musical
ThemesDancer's Life, Ladder to the Top
TonesLavish, Heartwarming, Bright, Earnest
TagsBackstage, Behind The Scenes, Burlesque, Dance [art], Playboy, Romance, Stage Manager

Dancing Lady is a 1933 musical film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and featuring Franchot Tone, the fourth of eight collaborations between Crawford and Gable. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, produced by John W. Considine Jr. and David O. Selznick, and was based on the novel of the same name by James Warner Bellah, published the previous year. The movie had a hit song in "Everything I Have Is Yours," by Burton Lane and Harold Adamson.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Janie Barlow

Patch Gallagher

Tod Newton

Dolly Todhunter - Tod's Grandmother

Rosette LaRue

Himself

Ward King

Steve - Patch's Assistant

Art Jarrett - Vocalist

Jasper Bradley, Sr.

Specialty Singer

Maynard Holmes
Jasper Bradley, Jr.

Pinky - the Show's Author

Gloria Foy
Vivian Warner

Moe - Stagehand

Curly - Stagehand

Harry - Pianist

Shirley Aaronson
Chorus Girl

Jean Alden
Chorus Girl

Marcia - the Southern Actress

Gail Arnold
Chorus Girl

Lee Bailey
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Kathryn Barnes
Chorus Girl

Jack Baxley
Burlesque Barker

Traffic Cop

Harry C. Bradley
Pinky's Pal

Chorus Girl

Edna Callahan
Chorus Girl

Lorena Carr
Chorus Girl

Dalie Dean
Chorus Girl

Dorothy Dearing
Chorus Girl

Dale Dee
Chorus Girl

Nadine Dore
Chorus Girl

Veleda Duncan
Chorus Girl

Eleanor Edwards
Chorus Girl

Cafe Extra

Fay Estelle
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Ferdinand Gottschalk
Judge

Frank Hagney
Policeman

Mary Halsey
Chorus Girl

Edith Haskins
Chorus Girl

Girl with Tod

Peaches Jackson
Chorus Girl

Miss Allen - Secretary

Patsy Lee
Chorus Girl

Robert Lees
Dancer

Jean Malin
Undetermined Role

Chicquita Marcia
Chorus Girl

Miriam Marlin
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Matt McHugh
Marcia's Agent

Grace Newton

Chorus Girl

Ruth Moody
Chorus Girl

Edmund Mortimer
Man in Bradley Sr.'s Outer Office

Iris Nicholson
Chorus Girl

Patsy O'Dea
Chorus Girl

May Packer
Chorus Girl

Jackie Page
Chorus Girl

Linda Parker
Chorus Girl

Frances Sawyer
Chorus Girl

Geneva Sawyer
Chorus Girl

C. Montague Shaw
First Nighter

John Sheehan
Pinky's Pal

Pat Somerset
Tod's Friend

Larry Steers
First Nighter

Charles Sullivan
Taxi Driver

Anita Thompson
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Marjorie Timm
Chorus Girl

Ardelle Unger
Chorus Girl

Zelda Webber
Chorus Girl

Marion Weldon
Chorus Girl

Mary Wilbur
Chorus Girl

Charles Williams
Man Arrested in Burlesque Theater

Charles C. Wilson
Club Manager

Director

Writer

Allen Rivkin

P.J. Wolfson

James Warner Bellah

uncredited

uncredited

Producer

John W. Considine Jr.
associate producer

executive producer

Original Music

Maurice De Packh
-

Louis Silvers
-

Cinematographer

Oliver T. Marsh

Editor

Margaret Booth
-

Art Director

Merrill Pye
-

Costume Designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robert A. Golden
assistant director

Art Department

Edwin B. Willis
interior decorator

Sound Department

recording director

Paul Neal
sound

Special Effects

Slavko Vorkapich
special effects

Stunts

Harvey Parry
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Eddie Fitzgerald
camera operator

James Manatt
still photographer

Kyme Meade
assistant camera

Ted Wurtenberg
chief electrician

Editorial Department

W. Donn Hayes
supervising editor: musical sequences

Music Department

Louis Silvers
conductor

Wayne Allen
music arranger

Maurice De Packh
music arranger

Paul Marquardt
music arranger

Charles Maxwell
music arranger

David Snell
composer: additional music

Jack Virgil
music arranger

Other Crew

Sammy Lee
ensembles director

Eddie Prinz
dance instructor, ensembles director

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

Warner Home Video

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Warner Bros. Television






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