Dance Charlie Dance
| Dance Charlie Dance | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Screenplay by | Crane Wilbur William Jacobs |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Stuart Erwin Jean Muir Glenda Farrell Allen Jenkins |
| Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
| Edited by | Frank Magee |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dance Charlie Dance is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Crane Wilbur and William Jacobs, based on the play The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman.[1][2] The film stars Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins and features Addison Richards. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 14, 1937.[3][4][1]
The story concerns a stage-struck rural heir who is tricked into financing a bad play, but when the play turns out to be a hit, problems arise when he is sued for plagiarism.
Plot
[edit]Andrew Tucker is from a small town and arrives in the big city in hopes of investing in theatrical production, he finds Morgan, a producer with a reputation of producing flops and decides to invest in a bad play, that bad play turns out to be a success as an unintentional comedy.
Cast
[edit]- Stuart Erwin as Andrew "Andy" Tucker
- Jean Muir as Mary Mathews
- Glenda Farrell as Fanny Morgan
- Allen Jenkins as Alf Morgan
- Addison Richards as Gordon Fox
- Mary Treen as Jennie Wolfe
- Charley Foy as Phil "Mac" MacArthur
- Chester Clute as Alvin Gussett
- Collette Lyons as Bobbie Benson
References
[edit]- 1 2 Dance Charlie Dance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ↑ "The Butter and Egg Man" Archived 2019-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Dance Charlie Dance at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- ↑ Staff (August 26, 1937). "The Rialto Entertains d High Tension 'Bad Guy' 'Dance Charlie Dance' at the Criterion". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Dance Charlie Dance at IMDb
- Dance Charlie Dance at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Dance Charlie Dance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
