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Dance Pretty Lady is a British film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Asquith with Flora Robson
Dance Pretty Lady (1932)
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Add to a movie listDance Pretty Lady is a 1932 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ann Casson, Carl Harbord, Michael Hogan, Moore Marriott and Flora Robson. It was based on a novel by Compton Mackenzie.
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A working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist during the Edwardian era, against a background of sharp disapproval.Actors
Flora Robson
(Mrs. Raeburn)
Ann Casson
(Jenny Pearl)
Carl Harbord
(Maurice Avery)
Moore Marriott
(Mr. Raeburn)
Norman Claridge
(Jack Danby)
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