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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. [1] The film was also made in a Spanish language ...
- 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.
- (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. The Day recording was also released by Columbia. Michelle Pfeiffer also performs the song in the film The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
Ten Cents a Dance (1931) is a typical example of the type of genre film Stanwyck made during her first years in Hollywood after a highly successful stage career in New York City. She had followed her husband actor Frank Fay to the West Coast when he signed with Warner Bros. and was soon offered non-exclusive film contracts herself at the same ...
- Lionel Barrymore, Richard Rosson
- Barbara Stanwyck
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Ten Cents a Dance 1931 1h 15m Drama List Reviews 55% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Barbara O'Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) is a poor dance hall girl who catches the eye of the wealthy Bradley ...
- Drama
Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and quits dancing, but before that, she meets with the handsome and very rich Bradley. Barbara eventually starts dancing again, since her marriage is plagued by financial tension, and Bradley begins visiting her again. Eddie becomes jealous, accusing his wife of ...
