Dance, girl, dance / an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Erich Pommer ; screen play by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis ; story by Vicky Baum ; directed by Dorothy Arzner.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (24 x 34 cm folded to 12 x 17 cm)
Container of (work): Dance, girl, dance (Motion picture : 1940)
Notes:
Maureen O'Hara (Judy), Louis Hayward (Jimmy Harris), Lucille Ball (Bubbles), Virginia Field (Elinor Harris), Ralph Bellamy (Steve Adams), Mary Carlisle (Sally), Katharine Alexander (Miss Olmstead), Edward Brophy (Dwarfie), Walter Abel (Judge), Harold Huber (Hoboken gent), Maria Ouspenskaya (Madame Basilova). Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Full screen (1.37:1). Restored 4K digital transfer. Special features: new introduction by B. Ruby Rich ; interview with Francis Ford Coppola ; essay by Sheila O'Malley.
Summary:
Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the '30s and early '40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls: a starry-eyed dancer (Maureen O'Hara) who dreams of making it as a ballerina, and the brassy gold digger (a scene-stealing Lucille Ball) who becomes her rival both on the stage and in love.
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