Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)

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Release Date: Feb 21, 1931 Wide

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Joan Crawford and William Bakewell play the spoiled-rotten grown children of stockbroker William Holden. When Wall Street lays its famous egg in 1929, Crawford and Bakewell find that they can no longer pursue their flamboyant lifestyle (for example, they'll have to put a moratorium on the sort of "lingerie parties" with which this film opens). Crawford gets a newspaper job, while Bakewell ties up with vicious bootlegger Clark Gable. When Gable is implicated in the murder of seven gangsters (a

Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Harry Beaumont

Written By: E. Richard Schayer, Aurania Rouverol

In Theaters: Feb 21, 1931 Wide

On DVD: Mar 27, 1991

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Cast

Joan Crawford
Bonnie Jordan
Cliff Edwards
Bert Scranton
William Bakewell
Rodney Jordan
William Holden
Stanley Jordan
Clark Gable
Jake Luva
Earl Foxe
Wally Baxter
Purnell Pratt
Parker
Hale Hamilton
Selby
Natalie Moorhead
Della
Joan Marsh
Sylvia
Russell Hopton
Whitey
Clara Blandick
James Donlan
Police Reporter
Sherry Hall
Reporter
Robert Livingston
Jack a Hood
Harry Semels
Dance Extra
Lester Vail
Bob Townsend

Critic Reviews for Dance, Fools, Dance

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A wonderful little film on its own, but it's also a handy little primer of early-1930s genre conventions.

August 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Beaumont directed this turgid, preposterous MGM melodrama, starring Joan Crawford as a rich girl, just before Clark Gable became a star and this could still play gangsters.

August 4, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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