The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play... See full summary »

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Paul Morand (story), Myles Connolly

Stars:

Margaret O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Karin Booth

2 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Margaret O'Brien	...	'Meg' Merlin
Cyd Charisse	...	Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Karin Booth	...	La Darina
Danny Thomas	...	Mr. Paneros
Esther Dale	...	Olga
Thurston Hall	...	Mr. Ronsell
Harry Hayden	...	Murphy
Elinor Donahue	...	Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Connie Cornell	...	Phyllis
Ruth Brady	...	Miss Merlin
Charles Bradstreet	...	Fred Carleton
Ann Codee	...	Mme. Borodin
Gregory Gaye	...	Jacques Lacoste (as Gregory Gay)

Storyline

Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play the lead in the school's production of "Swan Lake." So on opening night, Meg arranges an accident which nearly kills Darina and ends her dancing career. As a result, Bouchet becomes a star, while Meg is torn with guilt.

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Plot Keywords:

swan lake | ballet | jealousy | blackmail | new york city | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ballerina

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Danny Thomas' film debut.

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Connections

Remake of Ballerina (1937)

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Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 2"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

User Reviews

Cool movie about a 9 year old child

this is the best movie for every 40's colors about a young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn''t like and as for sure very well done movie and as always for goods of course I really like it and also the ending she really looks pretty but what I say Margaret O' Brien's early ones were OK if you guys can just watch her late ones, you'll really be interested in them. I'm going to show this to my 6 year old sister once it comes on again soon. And instead just look at some of the pictures from the movie on Childstarlets.com This movie kind of have to be rated PG cause' the only bad part about this movie is that Meg Merlin (Margaret O' Brien) gets Frightened by that wicked old monster thing I don't know how that got into this movie but it is really scary yep that almost made me feel shocked and possessed 10 out of 10 congratulations and Successful!