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The Dance of Life (1929) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by John Cromwell and A. Edward Sutherland and produced by David O. Selznick.

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The Dance of Life (1929)

By Beatrice on May 22, 2018 From Flickers in Time

The Dance of Life Directed by James Cromwell and A. Edward Sutherland Written by Benjamin Glazer from a play by Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters 1929/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/YouTube Contrary to my original belief, not all 1929 musicals are clunky! “Skid” Johnson (Hal... Read full article

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Barbara Stanwyck had played Bonny King on stage (under her original name, Ruby Stephens) and tested for the film, but Paramount decided to use Nancy Carroll because she, unlike Stanwyck, had already made films and therefore had a movie "name".
All Technicolor prints are lost, only the black and white copies made in the 1950s for TV have survived.
The screenplay was based on the Broadway production "Burlesque" by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins, which opened on September 1, 1927 and ran for 372 performances.
Reel #7, which runs from 1:00 to 1:08, and consists of the Ziegfeld Follies production number, was originally in 2-color Technicolor, but can only be seen in black and white in the presently circulating DVD version.
A. Edward Sutherland:  as a theater attendant.
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