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Dance, Fools, Dance ()

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After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.
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Bonnie
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Bob
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Bert Scranton
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Rodney
William Holden ...
Stanley Jordan
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Jake Luva
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Wally (as Earl Foxe)
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Parker (as Purnell B. Pratt)
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Selby
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Della
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Sylvia
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Whitey
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Luva's Henchman (uncredited)
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Albert (uncredited)
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Yacht Waiter (uncredited)
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Clinton (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jack (uncredited)
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Stockbroker (uncredited)
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Luva's Henchman (uncredited)
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Luva's Butler (uncredited)
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Emilio (uncredited)
Tommy Shugrue ...
Tom (uncredited)
Mortimer Snow ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Man with Sylvia at Auction (uncredited)

Directed by

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Harry Beaumont

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Aurania Rouverol ... (story by)
 
Aurania Rouverol ... (dialogue by)
 
Joan Crawford ... (collaborating writer) (uncredited)

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Charles Rosher ... (photographed by)

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George Hively ... film editor

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Cedric Gibbons

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Adrian ... (gowns)

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Cecil Holland ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Jack Mintz ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Charles E. Wallace ... sound recording engineer (uncredited)

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George Hommel ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Richard Schayer ... continuity

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Claude Autant-Lara ... french dubbing director (uncredited)
Ann Dvorak ... assistant choreographer (uncredited)
Rosina Galli ... italian voice dubbing: Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Isabelle Kloucowski ... french voice dubbing: Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Mosconi ... dance arranger (uncredited)
Frank Puglia ... italian voice dubbing: Clark Gable (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

After her father Stanley Jordan loses his wealth in market, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) goes to work as a cub reporter. Her brother Rodney (William Bakewell) is the wheelman in a gangland massacre. Bert (Cliff Edwards), a reporter on Bonnie's paper, is murdered while investigating. Bonnie gets to know gang leader Jake Luva (Clark Gable) and learns how the gang works and that her brother is involved. By the time it's over, her wealthy friend Bob (Lester Vail) sees how wonderful she is and falls in love with her for good. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines Joan CRAWFORD more magnetic than ever as a society darling, forced to live the life of an impostor among lawless criminals to save her worthless brother! (Print Ad- Sunday Sun, ((Vancouver, BC)) 21 March 1931) See more »
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Also Known As
  • La Pente (France)
  • Irrwege des Lebens (Germany)
  • Danzad, locos, danzad (Spain)
  • 女记者秘史 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 跳舞吧，傻瓜 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 80 min
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Budget $234,000 (estimated)

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Trivia "Dance, Fools, Dance" is clearly based on two infamous incidents in Chicago crime history: the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in a garage and the June 9, 1930 murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle, who was shot while heading to a train station. However, unlike the movie's Bert Scranton, Lingle was a shady character who played both sides of the law and had parlayed a $65 a week salary into a $60,000 income. In journalistic terms, Lingle was known as a legman who would telephone in the salient details of the story which would be actually written by a rewrite man. This is what happens when Joan Crawford's Bonnie phones in her story after the shootout. See more »
Goofs When in the newsroom Scranton tells Bonnie that if they had a chance they would cut the Lord's Prayer to a one-line squib and he quotes, "Now I lay me down to sleep". But the line is not from the Lord's Prayer, it is actually the first line and title of the bedtime prayer, "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep". See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight' See more »
Quotes Bob: You know I'm very much in love with you, don't you?
Bonnie: Are you?
Bob: I'm crazy about you, and you know it.
Bonnie: I didn't know.
Bob: Well, you know it now. What about it?
Bonnie: That's it... what?
Bob: Going to make me stand on ceremony?
Bonnie: You think I'm so old-fashioned?
Bob: I hope not.
Bonnie: You're right. I'm not. I believe in... in trying love out.
Bob: On approval?
Bonnie: Yes, on approval.
[they kiss as the scene fades out]
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