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Movie Info

Janie (Joan Crawford) lives to dance, but to make ends meet she works in a seedy nightclub. When a rich man, Tod (Franchot Tone), spots Janie one night, he is smitten. After the club is raided by the cops, and Janie is arrested, Tod bails her out and helps her land a role in a Broadway musical being directed by Patch Gallagher (Clark Gable). As Janie falls for Patch and emerges as the star of the show, both the production and her new relationship are threatened by Tod's jealousy.

Genre:

musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Robert Z. Leonard
Producer:

David O. Selznick
Writer:

Allen Rivkin, P.J. Wolfson
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 21, 2016
Runtime:

1h 32m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Joan Crawford
Janie Barlow

Clark Gable
Patch Gallagher

Franchot Tone
Tod Newton

Fred Astaire
Self

Nelson Eddy
Specialty Singer

May Robson
Dolly Todhunter

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Critic Reviews for Dancing Lady

All Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1)

Elaborate screen revue in which Joan Crawford re-establishes herself as America's dancing daughter.

July 23, 2019 | Full Review…

Ann Ross
Maclean's Magazine
A rubber-stamp story of the rise of a burlesque dancer, entertaining because of the unalloyed display of Joan Crawford's elegantly stream-line chassis, the occasional dancing of Mr. Fred Astaire, and some good rehearsal scenes.

June 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Helen Brown Norden
Vanity Fair
a mixed bag. It suffers from too much going on in the story.

March 3, 2019 | Full Review…

Raquel Stecher
Out of the Past
Spectacular, stylized finale is big plus for backstage musical.

October 2, 2014 | Full Review…

Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
A quintessential Joan Crawford Depression-era backstage melodrama, in which she plays an ambitious showgirl torn between Franchot Tone and Gable.

November 25, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Dancing Lady

Aug 19, 2011

What an absolute delight. This little gem from 1933 has not gotten anywhere near the acclaim it deserves. If you're a fan of 1930s American cinema (and who isn't?), you have to put "Dancing Lady" on your list. I enjoyed every second of it. I'd even go so far as to say it's my new favorite early-30s movie.

William D Super Reviewer
Sep 29, 2010

A good cast, but an average story of dance and romance between show people and rich people. It wasn't all that interesting, but it's an okay movie.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Jun 15, 2009

I LOVE CLARK GABLE! He's such a CUTIE!!

Morgan S Super Reviewer
Apr 05, 2008

Gable as a Broadway Producer,Crawford and Astaire as dancers, and the 3 Stooges as stage hands...I'm in! Enjoyable Flix.

cody f Super Reviewer