The Dance of Life
Cast & Crew
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John Cromwell
Director
Hal Skelly
Ralph "Skid" Johnson
Nancy Carroll
Bonny Lee King
Dorothy Revier
Sylvia Marco
Ralph Theodore
Harvey Howell
Charles D. Brown
Lefty
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Musical
Release Date
Sep
7,
1929
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 16 Aug 1929
Production Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Burlesque by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins (New York, 1 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 55m
Sound
Mono (MovieTone)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
10,619ft
(13 reels)
Synopsis
Skid, a burlesque entertainer, and Bonny, a specialty dancer, meet, fall in love, and marry. As a comedy-dance team they play the circuit until Skid gets an offer from a Broadway talent scout. Bonny remains "on the road" while Skid, a sensation in New York, resumes an affair with Sylvia Marco, an old flame in the same show. Aware that Skid is unfaithful, Bonny decides to divorce him and marry wealthy rancher Harvey Howell. Unable to go on without Bonny, Skid begins to drink heavily, and he loses his job. Bonny returns and helps Skid walk through the first performance of his new job.
Cast
Hal Skelly
Ralph "Skid" Johnson
Nancy Carroll
Bonny Lee King
Dorothy Revier
Sylvia Marco
Ralph Theodore
Harvey Howell
Charles D. Brown
Lefty
Al St. John
Bozo
May Boley
Gussie
Oscar Levant
Jerry
Gladys Du Bois
Miss Sherman
James Quinn
Jimmy
James Farley
Champ Melvin
George Irving
Minister
Gordona Bennet
Miss La Reno
Cora Beach Shumway
Charlotte Ogden
Kay Deslys
Madga Blom
Amazon chorus girls
Thelma Mcneal
Gilded girl, "Lady of India"
John Cromwell
Doorkeeper
Edward Sutherland
Theater attendant
Crew
Sam Coslow
Composer
Walter Donaldson
Composer
Benjamin Glazer
Screenwriter
Annie Fortesque Harrison
Composer
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
Julian Johnson
Titles
Earl Lindsay
Choreography
Earl Miller
Lighting
Harry D. Mills
Recording Engineer
George Nichols Jr.
Film Editor
Maude Nugent
Composer
Leo Robin
Composer
David Selznick
Associate Producer
George Manker Watters
Dial
Richard A. Whiting
Composer
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Musical
Release Date
Sep
7,
1929
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 16 Aug 1929
Production Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Burlesque by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins (New York, 1 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 55m
Sound
Mono (MovieTone)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
10,619ft
(13 reels)
Quotes
Trivia
All Technicolor prints are lost, only the black and white copies made in the 1950s for TV have survived.
