Michelle pfeiffer also performs the song in the film the fabulous baker boys 1989. He begins the movie as a coward and that trait leads him down the. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Ten cents a dance ruth etting 1930 added to the national registry. It is a marvelous overview of an artist at the height of her ability and popularity. Ten cents a dance is about professional dance hall girls, who dont come. With barbara stanwyck, ricardo cortez, monroe owsley, sally blane. Miss frazee sings the rodgershart ten cents a dance at the beginning a great song, a good version, but too onthenose.
Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. I decided to check out this film because of my ever favorite barbara stanwyck, but will watch it again and recommend to others for the scenes with mr. A dance hall hostess barbara stanwyck wishes she had married her boss instead of a loser. The red pony 1949 robert mitchum myrna loy family drama western. Heres a good movie in which to see barbara stanwyck perform as a true star at the age of 23, in the role of dimeadance girl. This was the seventh, and last film directed by actor lionel barrymore. Ten cents a dance 1931 cast and crew barbara oneill barbara stanwyck is a poor dance hall girl who catches the eye of the wealthy bradley carlton ricardo cortez. Ten cents a dance 1945 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watch the video for ten cents a dance from doris days the magic of doris day for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Midi onodera is a lesbian japanesecanadian filmmaker. Carlton ricardo cortez visits barbara oneil barbara stanwyck at work and purposes a casual conversation rather than dancing, which she gladly accepts and enjoys his charming difference from the rest of her customers in ten cents a dance, 1931. I enjoyed ten cents a dance by christine fletcher very much. Check out ten cents a dance by ruth etting on amazon music. Barbara stanwyck stars in ten cents a dance 1931 an. Ten cents a dance is about professional dance hall girls, who dont come across like prostitutes at all. When i was about ten i became fixated on a song from a movie i had never seen called love me or leave me starring doris day. Barbara stanwyck was born ruby catherine stevens on july 16, 1907, in brooklyn, new york. The song was full of pathos and mystery, and something almost dirty that i almost understood. This collection from englands asv records highlights the recordings ruth made between 1926 and 1930. With night falling on the roaring 20s, ruth etting cut ten cents a dance on march. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Ten cents a dance told the story of a woman who works in a dance hall, getting paid to dance with strange men. The film was inspired by the popular song of the same name, which is.
I mean, sure, they stand around, looking bored while you wait, you advertise, waiting for a man to proposition them a ticket that represents a certain amount of money and one even offers a guy private lessons, and the men in this. Doris day ten cents a dance love me or leave me 1955 classic movies cine clasico duration. United states year 1984 language english production co. Impact productions genres documentary short ethnic nonfiction subjects filipino americans social life and status. Dp benjamin kline shoots a fight near the end with a series of tilted cameras. With night falling on the roaring 20s, ruth etting cut ten cents a dance on march 4, 1930, and it was named to the national recording registry in 2011. Ten cents a dance 1945 someday somewhere jane frazee. She marries eddie and quits dancing, but before that, she meets with the handsome and very rich bradley. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. There she meets the bad boy with whom shell become inextricably involved and wholl lead her down many i dont know why i was expecting this to be a quick, average read, but i was. You will be treated to several of ruths biggest hits including ten cents a dance, body and soul and her trademark song love me or leave me. Ten cents a dance is unique in that it is one of a handful of films directed by lionel barrymore who was going through a career slump at the time in regards to film acting. I have always been interested in the story of taxi dancers and their nightly display of illusion that they earned their living by.
Ten cents a dance offbroadway the unforgettable music of rodgers and hart, whose sublime lyrics and melodies highlight the great american songbook, provides the inspiration for ten cents a dance. Ten cents a dance 1931 barbara stanwyck and ricardo cortez. Title dollar a day, 10 cents a dance directors dunn, geoffrey schwartz, mark country of prod. Ten cents a dance 1931 film synopsis and discussion obscure. Ten cents a dance opens with ruby going to this hugedeal dance in her neighborhood. Barbara oneill barbara stanwyck is a streetwise taxi dancer who is pursued by a wealthy tycoon, bradley carlton ricardo cortez, but her. Ten cents a dance is a 1945 american comedy film directed by will jason and starring jane frazee.
Onoderas works feature a collage of formats, from 16mm to hi8 video and digital video to low end digital toy formats, and address individual, collective, national and transnational identities. In the mgm biographical film about etting, love me or leave me 1955, the song is performed by doris day. Ten cents a dance 1931 barbara oneill barbara stanwyck is a poor dance hall girl who catches the eye of the wealthy bradley carlton ricardo cortez. Videos for ten cents a dance turner classic movies. Barbara stanwyck starred in the film ten cents a dance 1931, which was inspired by the song. Barbara oneill stanwyck, dance club hostess, dances with any man who buys a ten cents ticket. Going home, she finds eddie miller owsley waiting for her.
As barbara oneill in ten cents a dance lionel barrymore and edward buzzell, 1931 early life. Carlton ricardo cortez to say farewell before leaving to her new job while objecting to his propositions for her to stay and travel with him in ten cents a dance, 1931. Besides mary, only one other dancer, jeanne, will know bailey and spencer are on the case, their primary roles as sort of undercover bodyguards which will require help from the entire team, including roscoe and suzanne, to stakeout herkys, a seedy dance hall, from different vantage points and on different shifts as not to arouse suspicion. Ten cents a dance is a 1931 american precode romancedrama film directed by lionel barrymore and starring barbara stanwyck as a married taxi dancer who falls in love with one of her customers.