The Dancers is a 1930 American Pre-Code melodrama, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, and directed by Chandler Sprague. It is based on a 1923 Broadway play by Viola Tree and Gerald du Maurier. The film marks the feature sound film debut of actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
, 1h6 Directed byLeslie Pearce OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Crime ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsJack Mulhall, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Mae Clarke, Ned Sparks, Wynne Gibson, Thomas E. Jackson Rating52% When Johnny Quinlan loses his job in a drug store, he is afraid to tell his wife, Bertha, and therefore keeps up the pretense of leaving each morning for a non-existent job, as he begins the search for a new job. As the days pass and he is unable to find employment, their household, which includes his sister, Lottie, and Bertha's brother, Dan Walsh, goes through what little savings they have.
, 1h8 Directed byGeorge Nichols Jr., George Nicholls, Jr. OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFilms about television, Films based on plays ActorsAnne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis, Erik Rhodes, Margaret Hamilton, Lucille Ball Rating60% Jenny Yates (Anne Shirley) dreams of following in the profession of her deceased actor parents, but her grandfather, Uriah Lowell, with whom she lives, strongly disapproves. One day, the chatty young woman strikes up a conversation with struggling painter/actor Phil Greene, Jr. He is associated with a summer stock company trying out a revival of an old melodrama, Virtue's Reward, in Jenny's rural community before opening in New York City. Jenny is thrilled when he offers to give her a free ticket to that night's show, as her mother had acted in that very play.
, 1h12 Directed byArchie Mayo OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime ThemesFilms about television, Films based on plays ActorsEdward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Mae Clarke, Louis Calhern, Arthur Byron Rating63% Jessica Wells (Astor) is a beautiful and talented actress, returning to the stage after a three-year absence. Although her triumphal return seems certain, family and friends are shocked when Vance (Calhern), her long-lost husband with a criminal past, shows up at the family home. He immediately exerts his influence on the vivacious Jessica, and she becomes a sleepwalking automaton blindly obeying orders.