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6.4/10 • 66

1940-08-301h 30m

DramaComedyRomance

Heartbreak Behind Gayety of a Girly-Girl Show!

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Directors
Dorothy Arzner
Editors
Robert Wise

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  1. Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen O'Hara

    Judy O'Brien

  2. Louis Hayward

    Louis Hayward

    Jimmy Harris

  3. Lucille Ball

    Lucille Ball

    Bubbles

  4. Virginia Field

    Virginia Field

    Elinor Harris

  5. Ralph Bellamy

    Ralph Bellamy

    Steve Adams

  6. Maria Ouspenskaya

    Maria Ouspenskaya

    Madame Basilova

  7. Mary Carlisle

    Mary Carlisle

    Sally

  8. Katharine Alexander

    Katharine Alexander

    Miss Olmstead

  9. Edward Brophy

    Edward Brophy

    Dwarfie

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talisencrw

May 17, 2016

8/10

A really fun film that I found in my Maureen O'Hara TCM 4-pack that I highly recommend if you enjoy films from that era. I like the two films I've seen so far from Arzner, who was one of the earliest and most successful of female directors and I believe the first openly lesbian one--the other work I've seen of hers is the great pre-Code look at alcoholism, 'Merrily We Go to Hell'. This is great if you either like musicals from the era, are a Maureen O'Hara or Lucille Ball enthusiast (holy, she was unbelievably a knockout in her early filmic days!) or are simply curious about the works of early female and/or lesbian directors. Arzner--at least in the two films I have seen from her thus far--showed she truly deserved to be successful in the industry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
dancingdancerromantic rivalryfemale friendshipplayboycar accidentseductressdance companywoman directorballerinaex spouseshula dancerburlesque showimpresario