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Dancing on a Dime
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Dancing on a Dime

1940-11-01 · 74 min · ★ 5.0

Drama · Music · Comedy

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.

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Directors
Joseph Santley
Production companies
Paramount Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Robert PaigeRobert PaigeTed Brooks
Peter Lind HayesPeter Lind HayesDandy Joslyn
Eddie QuillanEddie QuillanJack Norcross
Frank JenksFrank JenksPhil Miller
Grace McDonaldGrace McDonaldLorie Fenton
Virginia DaleVirginia DaleDolly Stewart
Carol AdamsCarol AdamsPolly Adams
Lillian CornellLillian CornellDoris Marlowe
William FrawleyWilliam FrawleyMac
Charles LaneCharles LaneFreeman Taylor
Wanda McKayWanda McKayLulu
Arthur AylesworthArthur AylesworthJoe Phillips

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