''Dance Charlie Dance'' is a 1937 American
comedy film
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directed by
Frank McDonald and written by
Crane Wilbur
Crane Wilbur (November 17, 1886 – October 18, 1973) was an American writer, actor and director for stage, radio and screen. He was born in Athens, New York. Wilbur is best remembered for playing Harry Marvin in '' The Perils of Pauline''. He ...
and
William Jacobs, based on the play ''
The Butter and Egg Man
''The Butter and Egg Man'' is a 1925 play by George S. Kaufman, the only play he wrote without collaborating. It was a Broadway hit during the 1925–26 season at the Longacre Theatre. Adapted to film six times, it is still performed on stages toda ...
'' by
George S. Kaufman, which opened on Broadway on September 23, 1925 and ran for 243 performances.
The film stars
Stuart Erwin,
Jean Muir
Jean Elizabeth Muir ( ; 17 July 1928 – 28 May 1995) was a British fashion designer.
Early life and career
Jean Muir was born in London, the daughter of Cyril Muir, a draper's floor superintendent, and his wife, Phyllis Coy. Her father ...
,
Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classical Hollywood films. Farrell's career spanned more than 50 years, appearing in numerous Broadwa ...
and
Allen Jenkins and features
Addison Richards. It was released by
Warner Bros.
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on August 14, 1937.
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
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Stuart Erwin as Andrew "Andy" Tucker
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Jean Muir
Jean Elizabeth Muir ( ; 17 July 1928 – 28 May 1995) was a British fashion designer.
Early life and career
Jean Muir was born in London, the daughter of Cyril Muir, a draper's floor superintendent, and his wife, Phyllis Coy. Her father ...
as Mary Mathews
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Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classical Hollywood films. Farrell's career spanned more than 50 years, appearing in numerous Broadwa ...
as Fanny Morgan
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Allen Jenkins as Alf Morgan
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Addison Richards as Gordon Fox
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Mary Treen
Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1 ...
as Jennie Wolfe
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Charley Foy
Charley Foy (June 12, 1898 – August 22, 1984) was an American actor of both the vaudeville stage and film. Son of Eddie Foy Sr., he was one of the famous "The Seven Little Foys", the seven children of the senior Foy, who joined him on stage in ...
as Phil "Mac" MacArthur
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Chester Clute
Chester Lamont Clute (February 18, 1891 – April 2, 1956) was an American actor familiar in scores of Hollywood films from his debut in 1930. Diminutive, bald-pated with a bristling moustache, he appeared in mostly unbilled roles, consis ...
as Alvin Gussett
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Collette Lyons
Collette Lyons (October 3, 1908 – October 5, 1986) was an American stage, film
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as Bobbie Benson
References
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*{{tcmdb title, 3545, Dance Charlie Dance
1937 films
1930s English-language films
Warner Bros. films
American comedy films
1937 comedy films
Films directed by Frank McDonald
American black-and-white films
1930s American films
English-language comedy films