Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance, which sounds like a Joan Crawford movie, is not. It features superb dance sequences which exemplify the superior ballet technique and style of the '40s. Vivian Fay is outstanding. Lucille Ball is hot, girl, hot! Who knew our... Full review

I love classical Hollywood as much as anyone I know, but I am also aware that the films are often mechanical and emotionally distant. Very few reach the level of Dance, Girl, Dance. The plot is great. It is not exactly... Full review

Considering the fact that Lucille Ball has the third name in this movie, she has a very noticeable role that proves she is a great actress. Of course, everybody knows that Lucille Ball is best known for her character in "I... Full review

Of all Maureen O'hara's pictures, this is definitely one of her best. How good would Lucille Ball have been as the streetwise floozy without Maureen's counter-role as a decent and moral girl struggling to overcome obstacles to fulfill her dream of... Full review

Directed by a woman (!) in 1940 (!) and written by a team of two women and a man, "Dance, Girl, Dance" tackles a central plot explored later in "Flashdance" and "Dance With Me" (also directed by a woman, Randa... Full review

In Arzner's best film, Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), noble ballerina Maureen O'Hara confronts a burlesque house audience and hurls out a stinging indictment of the male gaze and masculine insecurity. Yet Ball has such go-getter American energy that Dance suffers when she's off screen, and whenever she's on it, the audience is squarely on her side. ... Full Review

Based on a story by Vicki Baum (of Grand Hotel ) fame, Dance, Girl Dance finds innocent young Judy ( Maureen O'Hara ) journeying to the Big Apple in hopes of gaining fame as a classical dancer. ... Full Article