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Synopsis
The Dance of Life is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film. It is the first of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque, with the others being Swing High, Swing Low (1937) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948). The film was directed by John Cromwell and A. Edward Sutherland. Hal Skelly appeared in the lead role as Ralph “Skid” Johnson after playing the same role in the Broadway version at the Plymouth Theater. He took part in the production for fifty two weeks before leaving his role to take part in the film. Charles D. Brown, Ralph Theodore and Oscar Levant also appeared in the Broadway production.
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Credits
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland, John Cromwell
- Screenplay
- Benjamin Glazer
- Director of Photography
- J. Roy Hunt
- Original Music Composer
- Adolph Deutsch
- Editor
- George Nicholls, Jr.
- Country
- United States
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