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The Dance of Life(1929)
Status: Released
Date: 1929-08-16
58%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
Glamorous! Gorgeous! Heart Breaking!
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A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
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Movie: The Dance of Life
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hal Skelly
Ralph 'Skid' Johnson
Nancy Carroll
Bonny Lee King
Dorothy Revier
Sylvia Marco
Charles D. Brown
Lefty Miller
Al St. John
Bozo
May Boley
Gussie
Oscar Levant
Jerry Evans
James Quinn
Jimmy
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A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
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1929-08-16
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2.9 startsTagline
Glamorous! Gorgeous! Heart Breaking!
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