Dance Charlie Dance

1937 film by Frank McDonald
  • August 14, 1937 (1937-08-14)
Running time
64 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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, which opened on Broadway on September 23, 1925 and ran for 243 performances.[1][2] The film stars Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins and features Addison Richards. It was released by Warner Bros. 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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b Dance Charlie Dance at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ^ "The Butter and Egg Man" Internet Broadway Database
  3. ^ Dance Charlie Dance at the TCM Movie Database
  4. ^ Staff (August 26, 1937). "The Rialto Entertains d High Tension 'Bad Guy' 'Dance Charlie Dance' at the Criterion". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

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