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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, and falls in love. Nora wants to become a dancer on Broadway. Ted rescues the Pekinese of ... See full summary » Director:Roy Del Ruth |
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Title: Born to Dance (1936)
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Nora Paige
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Ted Barker
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Lucy James
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Jenny Saks
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'Gunny' Saks
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'Peppy' Turner
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Raymond Walburn | ... |
Captain Dingby
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Alan Dinehart | ... |
McKay
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'Mush' Tracy
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Juanita Quigley | ... |
Sally Saks
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Georges | ... |
Himself,
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Jalna | ... |
Herself
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Reginald Gardiner | ... |
Policeman
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Barnett Parker | ... |
Floorwalker
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J. Marshall Smith | ... |
Member of The Foursome
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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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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 November 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
L'amiral mène la danse See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USACompany Credits
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"Peppy" Turner: *Most* sailors have.
"Mush" Tracy: No fooling, I've invented something right now, and if I get it working, I'll sell it to the government for plenty of dope.
"Peppy" Turner: What's that?
"Mush" Tracy: I'm crossing parrots with carrier pigeons.
"Peppy" Turner: What for?
"Mush" Tracy: So you can send verbal messages.
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(1936) (uncredited)
(Also called "Swinging the Jinx Away")
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, The Foursome and male chorus
Danced by Buddy Ebsen and Eleanor Powell
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The submarine shown entering New York harbor at the beginning of the film is USS Pike (SS-173). See more »Goofs
As Lucy James (Virginia Bruce) finishes singing "I've Got You Under My Skin," she has a lit cigarette in her right hand as she reclines on the settee. The camera angle changes, but now the cigarette has suddenly changed to a glass of champagne. See more »Quotes
"Mush" Tracy: I've got a inventive mind."Peppy" Turner: *Most* sailors have.
"Mush" Tracy: No fooling, I've invented something right now, and if I get it working, I'll sell it to the government for plenty of dope.
"Peppy" Turner: What's that?
"Mush" Tracy: I'm crossing parrots with carrier pigeons.
"Peppy" Turner: What for?
"Mush" Tracy: So you can send verbal messages.
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Soundtracks
"Swingin' the Jinx Away"(1936) (uncredited)
(Also called "Swinging the Jinx Away")
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, The Foursome and male chorus
Danced by Buddy Ebsen and Eleanor Powell
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From the rollicking opening of the camaraderie of a returning U.S. submarine crew to the booming "Great Guns" of the movie's finale, it's easy to understand why this movie was an antidote to the Depression Era. I personally discovered Eleanor Powell for the first time in this movie. She sure knows how to dance! Jimmy Stewart, who plays a clean cut sailor in this film, shows his talent, not just as an actor but as a singer and dancer as well. A little known Sid Silvers, who plays "Gunny Saks"in this movie is a short, stocky energetic dynamo who probably deserves more recognition, also is credited for the screenplay of the movie. Another actress I discovered for the first time when I saw this movie was Virginia Bruce and she is captivating in the musical number aboard the submarine with her Pekingese companion, "Cheeky". I had recognized the name but another actress who I had little knowledge of was Frances Langford and she is natural to dance with the young boot scooting Buddy Ebson. All of the other character actors in this film are a joy to see. The no-expense-spared musical number at the end of this movie is inspiring. Out of all the movies, I own, I watch this one over and over again, especially when I'm in a good mood.