Movie Description
Dancing on a Dime
(1940)Overview
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.
Featured Crew
Cast
Ted Brooks
Dandy Joslyn
Jack Norcross
Phil Miller
Lorie Fenton
Dolly Stewart
Polly Adams
Doris Marlowe
Mac
Freeman Taylor
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Facts
Original TitleDancing on a Dime
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-11-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 14m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- Music
- Comedy
