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Lady, Let's Dance (1944)

Directed by Frank Woodruff · 88 min · Music, Romance, War

2.4 TOPICAL score · #6,487 of 6,776 films

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Singing, dancing, and ice skating are featured in this musical that focuses on ice-skating sensation Belita. The story begins as she travels to a California resort where she has been hired as a replacement for a dance team. The resort is run by a handsome fellow. As a result of the gig, the skater becomes a national star while the resort manager gets fired and becomes a drifter until he ends up in the Army. The Oscar nominated score includes the following songs: "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams", "Dream of Dreams", "Rio", "In the Days of Beau Brummel", "Lady, Let's Dance", "Happy Hearts", "Ten Million Men and a Girl", and the rhumba standard "Esperanza".

Lady, Let's Dance (1944, directed by Frank Woodruff) has a TOPICAL score of 2.4 - ranked 6,487 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (3 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.

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Awards42
Historical impact5
Lasting engagement1
Cast16
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Belita, James Ellison, Walter Catlett (actor #1,670), Lucien Littlefield

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