← Entertainment TOPICAL Movie Rankings
Dance, Girl, Dance poster

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Directed by Dorothy Arzner · 90 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance

14.8 TOPICAL score · #5,067 of 6,776 films

Vote for it on the board →

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.

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, directed by Dorothy Arzner) has a TOPICAL score of 14.8 - ranked 5,067 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and audience, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (74 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 15 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

Why this score

Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

Critics-
Audience27
Awards0
Historical impact48
Lasting engagement22
Cast12
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Maureen O'Hara (actor #526), Louis Hayward (actor #1,964), Lucille Ball, Virginia Field

← #5,066 Snake Eyes#5,068 Monster Hunter →