Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Maureen O'Hara | ... | Judy O'Brien | |
| Louis Hayward | ... | Jimmy Harris | |
| Lucille Ball | ... | Bubbles | |
| Virginia Field | ... | Elinor Harris | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Steve Adams | |
| Maria Ouspenskaya | ... | Madame Lydia Basilova | |
| Mary Carlisle | ... | Sally | |
| Katharine Alexander | ... | Miss Olmstead | |
| Edward Brophy | ... | Dwarfie Humblewinger | |
| Walter Abel | ... | Judge | |
| Harold Huber | ... | Hoboken Gent | |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Bailey #1 | |
| Chester Clute | ... | Bailey #2 | |
| Lorraine Krueger | ... | Dolly | |
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Lola Jensen | ... | Daisy |
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Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 August 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Vida é uma Dança See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Recording System) (as R C A Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor (1894)
Played as part of the score at the first sight of New York City
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Maureen O'Hara's third American film after Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939) and William Dieterle's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). See more »Quotes
Judy O'Brien: Go on, laugh, get your money's worth. No-one's going to hurt you. I know you want me to tear my clothes off so you can look your fifty cents' worth. Fifty cents for the privilege of staring at a girl the way your wives won't let you. What do you suppose we think of you up here with your silly smirks your mothers would be ashamed of? We know it'd the thing of the moment for the dress suits to come and laugh at us too. We'd laugh right back at the lot of you, only we're paid to let you sit there ...See more »
Soundtracks
The Sidewalks of New York(uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor (1894)
Played as part of the score at the first sight of New York City
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Of all Maureen O'hara's pictures, this is definitely one of her best. How good would Lucille Ball have been as the streetwise floozy without Maureen's counter-role as a decent and moral girl struggling to overcome obstacles to fulfill her dream of becoming a dancer. Not once does her performance stray into the realm of treacle, her character, though perhaps a little naive never becomes timid to the point where she can't take care of herself in the clutch. She handles Lucy quite admirably in the latter stages of this film. Tis true Lucille Ball does her fair share of scene stealing and her performance is effective, but this is still Maureen's picture all the way. Also good performances by Louis Hayward (his only good role?) and Ralph Bellamy ensure this movie is well worth sitting through.