Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
- Directed by
- Frank McDonald
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A naive young man from the countryside dreams of being in show business. He is duped into funding a terrible play, but it unexpectedly becomes a huge success. Then he gets sued for stealing the script.
lightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfulcomicalbreezyold-fashionedscrewball
What happens
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. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins and features Addison Richards. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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