Lady, Let's Dance

Overview

Singing, dancing, and ice skating are featured in this musical that focuses on ice-skating sensation Belita. The story begins as she travels to a California resort where she has been hired as a replacement for a dance team. The resort is run by a handsome fellow. As a result of the gig, the skater becomes a national star while the resort manager gets fired and becomes a drifter until he ends up in the Army. The Oscar nominated score includes the following songs: "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams", "Dream of Dreams", "Rio", "In the Days of Beau Brummel", "Lady, Let's Dance", "Happy Hearts", "Ten Million Men and a Girl", and the rhumba standard "Esperanza".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 11, 1944

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Cast

Belita,Maurice St. Clair,Walter Catlett,Eugene Mikeler,James Ellison,Lucien Littlefield

Director

Frank Woodruff

Writer

Peter Milne,Paul Gerard Smith

Producer

Scott R. Dunlap

Music

Edward J. Kay

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0037002