| Dancing In the Dark | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Irving Reis |
| Screenplay by |
Mary C. McCall Jr. Marion Turk (adaptation) Jay Dratler (additional dialogue) |
| Based on | The Band Wagon by Howard Dietz, George S. Kaufman, Arthur Schwartz |
| Produced by | George Jessel |
| Starring |
William Powell Mark Stevens Betsy Drake Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million [1] |
Dancing In the Dark is a 1949 Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Irving Reis, starring William Powell and Mark Stevens. Betsy Drake's singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.
Plot
This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman ( Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign. [2]
Cast
- William Powell as Emery Slade
- Mark Stevens as Bill Davis
- Betsy Drake as Julie Clarke
- Adolphe Menjou as Melville Crossman
- Randy Stuart as Rosalie Brooks
- Lloyd Corrigan as John Barker
- Hope Emerson as Mrs. Schlaghammer
- Walter Catlett as Joe Brooks
- Don Beddoe as Barney Bassett
- Jean Hersholt as Jean Hersholt
References
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
- ^ "'Dancing in the Dark' Listing" Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today Allrovi.com, accessed August 21, 2011
External links
- Dancing in the Dark at IMDb
- Dancing in the Dark at the TCM Movie Database
- Dancing in the Dark at AllMovie
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Categories:
- 1949 films
- 1949 musical comedy films
- 1949 romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American romantic musical films
- Films about actors
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Irving Reis
- 20th Century Fox films
- 1940s romantic musical films
- 1940s American films
- Romantic musical film stubs