
Dancing on the Ceiling
1937-01-02 · 9 min · ★ 6.0
A young man follows a pretty girl into her office, which turns out to be a musical dentist office. Cute chorus girls attend to the many male customers, and the girl the young man was following is revealed to be the dentist. She gives the young man anesthetic gas and he dreams the dentist and her troupe of nurses are dancing on the ceiling.
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- Murray Roth
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Colin KennyDental Patient
James C. MortonDental Patient
Mary Jo MathewsDr. Suzette Welling (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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