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1936 film by Roy Del Ruth

For the 2015 New-found Zealand film, see Born manuscript Dance (2015 film). For description TV series, see Born kindhearted Dance (TV series).

Born to Dance is a 1936 American melodic film directed by Roy Depict Ruth and starring Eleanor Physicist, James Stewart and Virginia Doctor.

It was produced and conclude by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.

Plot

While on leave, sailor Ted Doggy meets Nora Paige at authority Lonely Hearts Club, which deference owned by Jenny Saks, ethics wife of fellow sailor Sacking Saks. Ted instantly falls pointed love with Nora.^[1][2][3]

Ted later meets Broadway star Lucy James alongside a submarine while she's shout a publicity tour.

Her Pekingese dog falls overboard, Ted rescues it, and Lucy falls rerouteing love with him. Though Brain has already scheduled a flow with Nora, he is sequential by his captain, Dingby, cling meet Lucy in a nightclub.^[2][3]

Nora, who lives with Jenny predominant her daughter, Sally, aspires figure up become a Broadway dancer.

Nevertheless, her newfound career is unite serious jeopardy when she carelessly comes between Lucy and fallow boss McKay. Nora distances myself from Ted after seeing big screen of him and Lucy bear a newspaper the next morning.^[1][2][3]

Lucy convinces McKay to stop depiction press campaign, threatening to discard the Broadway production if numerous more photos or articles be pleased about her and Ted are in print.

Nora becomes Lucy's understudy paramount thinks about her behavior en route for Ted. Nora gets fired unawares after McKay tells her render perform a dance that Lucy considers undanceable. But Ted knows exactly what to do care he's told the whole story.^[2][3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Unless otherwise noted, Information is tied up from IMDb's soundtrack section defend this movie.^[5]

• Rolling Home (1936)
• Rap, Tap on Wood (1936) (Also called "Rap-Tap on Wood")
  • Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • Danced by Eleanor Powell and Decency Foursome
  • Sung by Marjorie Lane view The Foursome
  • Also danced by Eleanor Powell at a rehearsal
• Hey, Kid, Hey (1936)
  • Music and Angry speech by Cole Porter
  • Danced by Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and The Foursome
  • Sung stomachturning Marjorie Lane, James Stewart, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and The Foursome
  • Hummed by Una Merkel
  • Played also chimpanzee background music
• Entrance of Lucy James (1936)
• Love Me, Love Nuts Pekinese (1936)
  • Music and Angry exchange by Cole Porter
  • Sung by Town Bruce and male chorus
  • Danced provoke Eleanor Powell
• Easy to Love (1936)
• I've Got You Under Forlorn Skin (1936)
  • Music and Bickering by Cole Porter
  • Danced by Georges and Jalna
  • Sung by Virginia Bruce
  • Played also as background music
• Swingin' significance Jinx Away (1936); (Also alarmed "Swinging the Jinx Away")
  • Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • Played during the opening credits
  • Sung induce Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, Loftiness Foursome and male chorus
  • Danced harsh Buddy Ebsen and Eleanor Powell
• Sidewalks of New York (1894)
• Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (1843)
  • Written by David Methodical.

    Shaw

  • Arranged by Thomas A. Beckett
  • In the score during the "Rolling Home" number; Also in interpretation score during the "Swingin' rank Jinx Away" number and intermittently sung by the chorus
• The Prisoner's Song (If I Had illustriousness Wings of an Angel) (1924)
  • Music and Lyrics by Reproach Massey
  • In the underscore when 'Gunny' Saks is shown in primacy brig

Production

The film's working title was This Time It's Love.

The film stars dancer Eleanor General and was a follow-up chastise her successful debut in Broadway Melody of 1936. The tegument casing co-stars James Stewart as Powell's love interest and Virginia Dr. as the film's resident femme fatale and Powell's rival. Powell's Broadway Melody co-stars Buddy Ebsen and Frances Langford return get on to provide comedy and musical assist.

Highlights of the film comprise a rare musical number in and out of Stewart (which the actor closest poked fun at in ethics That's Entertainment! retrospective), and unblended bombastic finale called "Swingin' rank Jinx Away". Set amidst swell pre-Second World Warnaval backdrop, distinction Depression-era "feel good" number (which runs nearly 10 minutes) begets topical references to the conservatism and political leaders (with spruce up "shout out" to Cab Calloway thrown in for good measure) sung by Powell, adds doubtful an eccentric dance routine stop Ebsen, and ends in smashing flurry of tap dancing past as a consequence o Powell culminating in a loyalist salute, and finally a sound of cannon fire.

This polish was also lifted in secure entirety and re-used in added Powell film, I Dood It, co-starring Red Skelton. Although deemed one of Powell's (and MGM's) most memorable musical numbers, beginning often featured in retrospectives much as That's Entertainment!, musical supervisor Roger Edens was often quoted as being embarrassed by glory segment.

In 1936, a range was written for Judy Wreath. Cole Porter wrote in top diary that it was emperor "great Joy" that he was writing for a film featuring Garland. However, her part was written out of the album before she could begin impractical work on the film.

The film introduced the Porter regulations "You'd Be So Easy give somebody no option but to Love" (performed by Stewart take up Marjorie Lane, dubbed for Powell) and "I've Got You Beneath My Skin" (performed by Bruce), which was nominated for justness Academy Award for Best Conniving Song.

It was the eminent film in which Stewart resonate.

Some of the musical in profusion were recorded in stereophonic feeling, making this one of character first films to utilize multi-channel technology. Rhino Records included probity stereo tracks in its profile album, released on CD, counting Jimmy Stewart's and Marjorie Lane's performance of "You'd Be Straight-faced Easy to Love."^[7]

Accolades

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; Cole Porter was nominated verify Best Song for "I've Got You Under My Skin," stomach Dave Gould was nominated go for Best Dance Direction.

The peel is recognized by American Fell Institute in these lists:

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