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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569679047
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 20, 2006
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 12771
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1933
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A Broadway chorine (Joan Crawford) needs a little help with her hoofing so her dance director (Clark Gable) gets an idea. A good idea. 'Do you feel like going through that opening number with Mr. Astaire?' And Fred Astaire making his screen debut shows the lady how it's done. Three film icons give the backstage musical a jolt of superstar electricity in a song- dance- and romance-filled extravaganza featuring support by Nelson Eddy Robert Benchley and The Three Stooges and tunes by Rodgers and Hart Burton Lane Dorothy Fields and more musical greats. Gable and Crawford had such stellar chemistry that MGM teamed them for eight movies. Here as always they have street-smart glamour and charisma to burn. Add Astaire's sophistication and Dancing Lady can take a well-deserved bow.Running Time: 92 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 92 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 012569679047 Manufacturer No: 67904
Amazon.com:
Joan Crawford and Clark Gable were both in their young MGM prime when they suited up for Dancing Lady, the studio's big, shiny, silly reply to 42nd Street. Joan is a burlesque dancer (but mind you, serious artiste) when she is plucked from the ranks by a playboy, played by Franchot Tone, Crawford's future real-life hubby. Gable is the bluff, hard-driving theater director guiding a new Broadway musical that has room for one more chorus girl. Maybe. It all builds to the opening of the big show, and some utterly insane musical numbers including a Bavarian spectacle and the mind-bending 'Rhythm of the Day.' The saving grace in these scenes is that Fred Astaire, in his film debut, partners Joan onstage and sings a bit. The movie also has Nelson Eddy and soused one-liners from Robert Benchley, plus Ted Healy and His Stooges doing some surreal comedy. Vaudevillian Healy actually has a pretty big role here, but the Stooges (three fellows named Moe, Curly, and Larry) would go on to stardom without him. The movie may not be a great one, but it gives the sugary flavor of early-'30s MGM, and even a simple scene like a gym workout (with Gable and Crawford in especially sassy form) provides the pleasures of art deco production design and cool costumes. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Buy for the Movie Not the Stooges
A surprisingly good movie. Disreputable dancer becomes star. Joan Crawford seen as a dancer, not as a dark character as portrayed in her later films. Also the First film of Fred Astaire. Other future stars can be spotted, for instance Eve Arden (Palmolive lady, Grease,etc...) Ted Healy and the Stooges really have a limited role, nevertheless an enjoyable film to watch.
Rating:  - Yes, she had poisonality(to jealous chorus girls)
"Them things won't mix with Those things". This was Jamie Barlow's(Joan Crawford) final excuse for again turning down dandy Todd Newton's(Franchot Tone) latest marriage proposal, leaving the door wide open to complete her long simmering chase of hard-to-get musical show director Patch Gallagar(Clark Gable). Her point was that, as a former downtown burlesque dancer, she wouldn't feel comfortable nor fulfilled as the ornament of a filthy rich high society scion. She wanted to continue her dancing ... Read More
Rating: - fine MGM film with great acting and show stopping musical numbers
Dancing Lady is a wonderful early MGM musical. The convincing acting impressed me and the plot moves along at a good pace.
The action begins with Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) and her pal Rosette (Winnie Lightner) dancing in a burlesque show. One drunken man nearly tears off Janie's blouse leaving her almost topless; and that's precisely the moment when the cops raid the place. They're all hauled off to jail. However, Janie gets out pretty quickly--it seems that a very wealthy would-be ... Read More
Rating: - "Occupation: Hipswinging!"
Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) is a dancer; she'll do anything to dance, including dance in a strip show. She's quite a beautiful girl, and despite her low standards, she draws the attention of a wealthy playboy Tod Newton (Franchot Tone). He uses his monetary influence to get her a small part in a big show, directed by Patch Gallagher (Clark Gable). He takes a shine to her, but hides it by being mean to her. She's torn between Tod and her career, which seems to be flourishing in front of her very eyes. ... Read More
Rating: - "Slumming in ermine"
Frequent co-stars Joan Crawford and Clark Gable are very memorable indeed in DANCING LADY, perhaps the most popular of their films. Their unique chemistry carries over perfectly from the screen. Also appearing in this movie is Franchot Tone, who would go on to marry Crawford two years later.
DANCING LADY was filmed by M-G-M in 1933 as their answer to rival studio Warner Brothers' hugely-successful "42nd Street", choreographed by Busby Berklely. The formula is copied in DANCING LADY with ... Read More
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