As a piece of Hollywood history, the film's worth seeing, but it's no unsung masterpiece.
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
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Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: O'Hara as a lovely, young, aspiring ballerina falls into a livelier life in burlesque as a result of her competition with Ball as Bubbles, a firecracker burlesque dancer. Her efforts to redeem... O'Hara as a lovely, young, aspiring ballerina falls into a livelier life in burlesque as a result of her competition with Ball as Bubbles, a firecracker burlesque dancer. Her efforts to redeem herself and direction by pioneer female director Arzner makes this a favorite among feminists. In any case, interesting for the early O'Hara and Ball roles. [More]
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Lucille Ball, Louis Hayward, Virginia Field
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Lucille Ball, Louis Hayward, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel
Director: Dorothy Arzner, Robert Wise
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Producer: Erich Pommer
Screenwriter: Tess Slesinger
Director: Robert Wise
Composer: Edward Ward, Chester Forrest
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Arguably Dorothy Arzner's most personal film, this chronicle of female friendship is an anomaly: a feminist film made before feminism existed, directed by Hollywood's only female director, and a buddy picture before the genre was invented.
Dorothy Arzner's best film, Dance, Girl, Dance, spotlights women's inner worlds.
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