Dancing Lady
“The Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls”
Synopsis
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Margaret BoothShot by Oliver T Marsh
Box Office
1933 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$2.4M
Also known as
- Ich tanze nur für dichde
- Alma de bailarinaes
- Le Tourbillon de la dansefr
- La danza di Venereit
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Joan Crawford
as Janie Barlow
Clark Gable
as Patch Gallagher
Franchot Tone
as Tod Newton
May Robson
as Dolly Todhunter - Tod's Grandmother
Winnie Lightner
as Rosette LaRue
Fred Astaire
as Fred Astaire
Robert Benchley
as Ward King
Ted Healy
as Ted Healy's Stooges
Arthur Jarrett
as Art Jarrett
Grant Mitchell
as Jasper Bradley, Sr.
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1Writers
3Other crew
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