Criterion Collection

Dance, Girl, Dance Bd, Criterion Collection, Blu-Ray

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$5 - $10, Chester Clute, Comedy, Comedy Video, Criterion Collection, Dorothy Arzner, Edward Brophy, Emma Dunn, Ernest Truex, Harold Huber, Katharine Alexander, Lola Jensen, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Ludwig Stossel, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Maureen O'Hara, Movies, Movies & TV › Movies, Over $10, Ralph Bellamy, Sidney Blackmer, The Criterion Collection, Under $5, Virginia Field, Walter Abel

Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the 1930s and early '40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls: a starry-eyed dancer (Maureen O'Hara) who dreams of making it as a ballerina and the brassy gold digger (a scene-stealing Lucille Ball) who becomes her rival both on the stage and in love. The rare Hollywood film of the era to deal seriously with issues of female artistic struggle and self-actualization, Arzner's film is a rich, fascinating statement from an auteur decades ahead of her time.

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