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Dance Hall (1941)

Dance Hall poster
Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works at a dance hall where she meets a saxophone player. They fall into a romance as both try to make their way in the entertainment world.

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What happens

Dance Hall is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Stanley Rauh and Ethel Hill. The film stars Carole Landis, Cesar Romero, William "Bill" Henry, June Storey, J. Edward Bromberg and Charles Halton. It is based on the novel The Giant Swing by W. R. Burnett. The film was released on July 18, 1941, by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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