Dance Charlie Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank McDonald
Screenplay byCrane Wilbur
William Jacobs
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringStuart Erwin
Jean Muir
Glenda Farrell
Allen Jenkins
CinematographyWarren Lynch
Edited byFrank Magee
Music byHoward Jackson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 14, 1937 (1937-08-14)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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