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"Dancing Lady (1933) ... Crawford & Gable ... Robert Z. Leonard (Director) (2006)", 31 août 2011
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) presents "DANCING LADY" (1933) (92 min/B&W) -- Starring: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy, Nelson Eddy, Sterling Holloway, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton (Franchot Tone), the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch Gallagher. 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 (Ted Healy), the stage manager, has the Three Stooges (Moe, Curly & Larry) helping him manage all the show girls.
A dancer named Fred Astaire makes his official film debut, and Nelson Eddy pops in for a song.
Astaire dances with Joan Crawford and is as light as a feather and as smooth as silk, compared to Crawford's clunky style of dancing.
Gable is muscular, sexy, and rough around the edges.
It is the first film where the three stooges were actually billed as "stooges," and they come complete with their finger-poking and face-slapping antics.
* Special Footnote: -- Fred Astaire's movie debut. Though he was reported to have appeared years earlier in the silent film Fanchon, the Cricket, he and his sister Adele only visited the set; they did not appear on camera in that one.
** Another Special Footnote: -- Ted Healy is actually credited as 'Ted Healy and His Stooges,' but because the Stooges are also credited individually later (as Stagehands), he is listed just as 'Ted Healy'.
BIOS:
1. Robert Z. Leonard (Director)
Date of Birth: 7 October 1889 - Chicago, Illinois
Date of Death: 27 August 1968 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
2. Joan Crawford [aka: Lucille Fay LeSueur]
Date of Birth: 23 March 1905 - San Antonio, Texas
Date of Death: 10 May 1977 - New York City, New York
3. Clark Gable
Date of birth: 1 February 1901 - Cadiz, Ohio,
Date of death: 16 November 1960 - Los Angeles, California
4. Franchot Tone [aka: Stanislas Pascal Franchot Tone]
Date of Birth: 27 February 1905 - Niagara Falls, New York
Date of Death: 18 September 1968 - New York City, New York
5. Fred Astaire [aka: Frederic Austerlitz Jr.]
Date of Birth: 10 May 1899 - Omaha, Nebraska
Date of Death: 22 June 1987 - Los Angeles, California
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 4 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 4 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 92 min on DVD ~ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) ~ (June 20, 2006)
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