Dance, Girl, Dance

Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth. With Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field. 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.

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Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles (Lucille Ball), 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.

Overview of Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940, directed by Dorothy Arzner, with Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, at Turner Classic Movies

This 1940 dramedy involves an ambitious ballet dancer (Maureen O'Hara) forced to find work at a burlesque house. While there, she competes with a stripper (Lucille Ball) to win the love of a ladies' man (Louis Hayward).

Dance, Girl, Dance is a film released in 1940 and directed by Dorothy Arzner.[1][2] In 2007, Dance, Girl, Dance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", describing it as Arzner's "most intriguing film" and a "meditation on the disparity between art and commerce. The dancers, played by Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball, strive to preserve their own feminist integrity, while fighting for their place in the spotlight and for the love of male lead Louis Hayward."[3]