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Tango Tangles (1914)
, 12minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Dance films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Sadie Lampe
Dans une salle de danse, un imposant clarinettiste est furieux de voir sa belle courtisée par un autre musicien et lui demande des explications. Charlot observe de loin et se garde bien de s'en mêler mais lorsque les deux musiciens repartent jouer dans l'orchestre, il en profite pour faire sa cour à la belle…
The Prom (1931)
, 1h15Directed by Georges Lampin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Germaine Dermoz, André Lefaur, Pierre de Guingand, Marguerite Pierry, Vanda Gréville
L'harmonie d'un foyer de bourgeois modestes est compromise par un héritage boursier. La fillette, délaissée par sa mère devenue femme du monde à la suite de l'enrichissement subit de son mari, détruit les invitations pour un bal que ses parents donnent pour se lancer dans la haute société. Personne ne vient au bal, mais l'avenir va conserver toute la saveur du passé. Ce film est une adaptation du roman Le Bal d'Irène Némirovsky.
Dance House (1931)
, 1h25Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Dance films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gaby Morlay, Charles Vanel, José Noguero, Edmond van Daële, Delphine Abdala, Raymond Cordy
Estrella, une jeune fille marchande de poissons de Cadix, devient danseuse après avoir été remarquée par Ramon, propriétaire de la Maison de danses. Elle suscite la jalousie des hommes, certains en viendront même à s’entre-tuer pendant qu'elle s'enfuit avec son petit ami Luisito...
Dancing Pirate (1936)
, 1h23Directed by Lloyd Corrigan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Dance films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films
Actors Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Charles Collins, Victor Varconi, Luis Alberni, Marjorie Reynolds
Set in Boston the in 1820s, the film tells of dancing teacher Jonathan Pride, shanghaied by pirates and forced to be a slave aboard his own ship. Jonathan is able to join a provisioning party that lands on the coast of California, then a part of the Spanish Empire where he makes his escape; his only possessions being his umbrella and music box that he uses for his dancing lessons.
Thin Ice (1937)
, 1h19Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis, Sig Ruman, Alan Hale
The plot follows ski instructor Lili Heiser (Henie), who works at a local luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. She falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning (Power). She thinks he's an everyday tourist, not knowing that he's actually a prince trying to escape the pressures of royal life.
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Robert Wise, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaïa
Good friends Judy and Bubbles are both dancers. Bubbles uses her good looks and being a sex siren to get jobs, and becomes successful in burlesque, while Judy is an elegant ballerina who struggles to make a living as a dancer. A rivalry develops when they both fall in love with a divorced playboy.
The Mad Genius (1931)
, 1h21Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Dance films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, Luis Alberni, Carmel Myers
A crippled puppeteer, Ivan Tsarakov (Barrymore), is frustrated that he will never dance ballet. He adopts a protegé, Fedor Ivanoff (Cook), whom he makes into the greatest dancer in the world. Fedor falls in love with a dancer, Nana Carlova (Marsh), but Tsarakov fears that she will ruin Fedor as a dancer. He tries to separate them and ultimately fires Nana from the ballet troupe. Fedor runs away with Nana to Paris, but Tsarakov has blacklisted him, and he cannot get ballet jobs and is reduced to working in a cabaret. Nana begs Tsarakov to give Fedor his job back. Tsarakov agrees, if Nana will leave Fedor and marry another man; she agrees. Fedor returns embittered; he sees Nana on opening night and realizes that she still loves him; he refuses to dance. Tsarakov threatens to kill him, but the ballet master, under the influence of drugs that Tsarakov has given him, kills Tsarakov. Fedor is reunited with Nana.
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
, 1h15Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Richard Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Phyllis Crane
A beautiful streetwise taxi dancer named Barbara O'Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) works at a New York City dance hall called Palais de Dance. One of the dance hall's wealthy patrons, Bradley Carlton (Ricardo Cortez), comes to the hall and gives Barbara $100. Concerned about her unemployed friend and neighbor Eddie Miller (Monroe Owsley), Barbara asks Bradley to give him a job, and he agrees. That night they have dinner together.
Lady in the Dark (1944)
, 1h40Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer
Life has become a series of headaches and bad dreams for Liza Elliott, the successful editor-in-chief of Allure fashion magazine. She is being romanced by publisher Kendall Nesbitt, but he is married and slow in obtaining a divorce. And her second-in-command, Charley Johnson, is a cut-up who drives her so crazy with his jokes, Liza ends up seeing him in her craziest dreams at night.
Make Mine Music (1946)
, 1h15Directed by Joe Grant, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, Sterling Holloway, Andy Russell, Ken Darby
Le film se présente comme une séance dans une salle de spectacle. Il se compose de dix séquences nommées différemment lors de leurs rééditions en dehors du long métrage :
Dancing Girl (1951)
, 1h24Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Sō Yamamura, Mieko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Sadako Sawamura
Une famille traverse une crise qui menace son existence. La mère, Namiko, est une ancienne ballerine courtisée par deux hommes. L'un d'eux est son ancien manager qui la harcèle sans ménagement alors que le second, Takehara, attend depuis vingt ans qu'elle quitte son mari. Ce dernier est un anthropologue, en apparence distant mais conscient des tiraillements sentimentaux de son épouse. Leurs deux enfants souffrent de cette situation. Le garçon Takao semble plutôt soutenir son père quand la fille, Shinako, se destine à la même voie que sa mère...
French Cancan (1955)
, 1h48Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Giani Esposito, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Michel Piccoli
Set in 1890s Paris, Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer. Losing money, Henri finds himself in Montmartre and finds that the old-fashioned can-can is still being performed there. Inspired, Henri comes up with a new business scheme that aims to revive the can-can, featuring a new dancer, Nini, a laundress he meets by chance.
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
, 1h41Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice
Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, while it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny sticks around to help out Shaw, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, and not Shaw, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells Shaw the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers Shaw drunk and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
Second Chorus (1941)
, 1h24Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Jimmy Conlin, Charles Butterworth, Don Brodie
Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire), and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters, with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both of them have managed to prolong their college career by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches Danny and Hank's eye. She serves them a collection notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working for them as their manager.
Dream Ballerina (1950)
, 1h15Directed by Ludwig Berger, Ludwig Berger
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Guisol, Philippe Nicaud, Romney Brent, Micheline Boudet, Margo Lion
Devant famille et amis, la jeune ballerine Nicole fait ses débuts sur la scène du théâtre de sa petite ville française. Mais un homme dans la salle dérange le spectacle, et Nicole, troublée, danse mal. Le perturbateur est un jeune et séduisant malfaiteur, Loulou, que la police surveille. Après le spectacle, il vient offrir des fleurs à Nicole et lui donne un rendez-vous nocturne. Chez elle, la ballerine, en pensant à ce rendez-vous, s'endort et se met à rêver. Dans un premier rêve, elle connait le succès à l'Opéra, mais Loulou la trahit, et elle est désespérée. Elle rêve ensuite qu'elle épouse un riche bijoutier qu'elle n'aime pas, prend Loulou pour amant et tout se termine mal. Dans un troisième rêve, elle épouse Loulou et connait le bonheur. Elle se réveille pour courir à son rendez-vous, mais elle arrive pour voir Loulou arrêté par la police. Le soir suivant, au théâtre, lors de sa deuxième représentation, riche de ce qu'elle a vécu et rêvé la nuit précédente, elle est acclamée par le public.