Born to Dance (1936)

Comedy Music

Sailor Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway show dancer, at the Lonely Hearts Club. After Ted rescues Lucy James' Pekinese during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls in love with Ted; and Ted's captain orders him to meet Lucy for a date at a night club breaking a date with Nora. When she sees a picture of Ted and Lucy in the newspaper, Nora, who lives with Jenny and her daughter (Jenny's husband is Gunny), no longer wants anything to do with Ted.

Updated May 12 2020

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US -

1936-11-27

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Keywords:

musical sailor tap dance

FACTS

Runtime: 106 mins Rating: 5.8 Tag Line: M*G*M's successor to 'THE GREAT ZIEGFELD'

Cast

James Stewart

Ted Barker

Buddy Ebsen

'Mush' Tracy

Una Merkel

Jenny Saks

Reginald Gardiner

Policeman

Frances Langford

'Peppy' Turner

Alan Dinehart

McKay

Raymond Walburn

Captain Dingby

Virginia Bruce

Lucy James