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Ten Cents a Dance is a 1931 American pre-Code romance-drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a married taxi dancer who falls in love with one of her customers. The film was inspired by the popular song of the same name, which is sung over the title sequence.
- March 6, 1931 (US)
- Harry Cohn, Frank Fouce
Ten Cents a Dance: Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Edward Buzzell. With Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane. Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and plans to quit dancing.
- (862)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Lionel Barrymore, Edward Buzzell
- 1931-03-06
Barbara Stanwyck starred in the film Ten Cents a Dance (1931), which was inspired by the song. In the MGM biographical film about Etting, Love Me or Leave Me (1955), the song is performed by Doris Day .
Synopsis. Barbara O'Neill is the prettiest and most popular woman at the "Palais de Dance," a dance hall in New York City. Bradley Carlton, a wealthy patron, visits Barbara, and for no reason gives her $100.
- Lionel Barrymore, Richard Rosson
- Barbara Stanwyck
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Synopsis. Barbara O’Neill (Stanwyck), dance club hostess, dances with any man who buys a ten cents ticket. Going home, she finds Eddie Miller (Owsley) waiting for her. He cannot pay the rent and is sneaking away. He wanted to say goodbye before leaving.
Barbara O'Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) is a poor dance hall girl who catches the eye of the wealthy Bradley Carlton (Ricardo Cortez). However, Barbara has...
- Drama