Dancing Lady

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Dancing Lady

1933,

1h 32m,

Musical

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500+ Ratings

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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.

Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 23, 2019

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

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

Jun 6, 2019

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.

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Raquel Stecher

Out of the Past

Mar 3, 2019

a mixed bag. It suffers from too much going on in the story.

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Oct 2, 2014

Spectacular, stylized finale is big plus for backstage musical.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Nov 25, 2008

C+

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

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Draco W

Jan 27, 2018

~ This Gable-Crawford film should be titled "Kitchen Sink." There's everything a studio can throw at a picture, including fancy production montages, cool cutting, big stage music & dance numbers, songs, everything except maybe a murder mystery & Esther Williams - to include cameos with the 3 Stooges and Fred Astaire and burlesque that looks for-all-the-world like the chorus line is topless with sparkly pasties. Even the chorus girls get some lines. Crawford comes marching-in to see Tone's character and she, too, might as well be topless in her satin blouse. ~ Even tho' it's '33, Crawford is beginning to show the signs of the looks to which she'll descend in her middle age & later years, with the exception of "Strange Cargo" where she goes make-up'less & looks great. Gable's growing his matinee looks but, Lord, it seems he hasn't found the acting chops yet. ~ Of interest in our current sad day, Gable says, "You wanna work with me ...? Shake." They do - and then Crawford turns in her short-short dancing shorts & Gable pops her good on the left cheek of her fancy bottom. She rubs the sting. Today he'd have to end his career, he & the director, too, probably. ~ Worth a look to see a '30's totally commercial confection designed to please everyone but maybe pleasing no one - except for its fine vintage patina. | ~ Norm de Guerre

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Hermione P

Sep 27, 2017

Dancing Lady is a fantastic film. It is about an attractive dancer who is rescued from jail by a rich man. Franchot Tone, Joan Crawford, and Clark Gable give excellent performances. The screenplay is well written. Robert Z. Leonard did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of humor and romance. Dancing Lady is a must see.

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Rey R

Apr 23, 2017

It's a shame movies like this get forgotten. Joan shines, and who can resist Clark Gable!

Theodore S

Mar 12, 2017

You know your Broadway show will be a complete success when the Three Stooges are part of the production crew.

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Robert Z. Leonard

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Producer: David O. Selznick
Screenwriter: Allen Rivkin, P.J. Wolfson
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 1933, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m

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