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Born to Dance (1936)Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige... See full summary » Director:Roy Del Ruth |
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Nora Paige
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| James Stewart | ... |
Ted Barker
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| Virginia Bruce | ... |
Lucy James
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Una Merkel | ... |
Jenny Saks
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Sid Silvers | ... |
'Gunny' Sacks
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| Frances Langford | ... |
'Peppy' Turner
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Raymond Walburn | ... |
Captain Percival Dingby
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Alan Dinehart | ... |
James 'Mac' McKay
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| Buddy Ebsen | ... |
'Mush' Tracy
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Juanita Quigley | ... |
Sally Saks
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Georges | ... |
Himself, Dance Speciality
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Jalna | ... |
Herself, Dance Specialty
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Reginald Gardiner | ... |
Central Park Policeman
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Barnett Parker | ... |
Model Home Demonstrator
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The Foursome | ... |
Sailor Quartette
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Storyline
Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige, and falls in love. Nora wants to become a dancer on Broadway. Ted rescues the Pekinese of Lucy James, a Broadway star during a public relations campaign on his submarine. Lucy falls in love with Ted, and Ted is ordered by his Captain to meet her in a night club, in spite of the fact that he has a date with Nora. Nora, who lives with Jenny and her and Gunny's daughter, doesn't want to hear anything from Ted, after she spotted a picture of Ted and Lucy in the morning paper. Lucy convinces her manager Dinehart to stop the press campaign and tells him that she would leave the production, if another photo or article of her and Ted is published. Nora has become her understudy, and she begins to think her behaviour to Ted over. Suddenly she is fired after Dinehart told her to dance a number Lucy James called undanceable. But when Ted is told the whole story, he knows what to do. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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L'amiral mène la danse See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USACompany Credits
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Captain Dingby: No, under no circumstances. It's nesting season.
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(1936)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Played during the opening credits and as background music
Sung by Eleanor Powell and James Stewart, Frances Langford and danced by her and Buddy Ebsen
Reprised by the cast at the end
Eleanor Powell's vocals dubbed by Marjorie Lane See more »
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Goofs
Factual errors: As the crew sings "Lucy James off the starboard beam", Lucy James approaches the port beam. See more »Quotes
Jenny Saks: Can we visit the crows-nest?Captain Dingby: No, under no circumstances. It's nesting season.
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Soundtracks
"Easy to Love"(1936)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Played during the opening credits and as background music
Sung by Eleanor Powell and James Stewart, Frances Langford and danced by her and Buddy Ebsen
Reprised by the cast at the end
Eleanor Powell's vocals dubbed by Marjorie Lane See more »
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