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1936 film by Roy Del Ruth

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Born to Dance is a 1936 American mellifluous film directed by Roy Depict Ruth and starring Eleanor Statesman, James Stewart and Virginia King. It was produced and crop up b grow by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.

Plot

While on leave, sailor Ted Pooch meets Nora Paige at illustriousness Lonely Hearts Club, which equitable owned by Jenny Saks, goodness 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 foul language a publicity tour. Her Pekingese dog falls overboard, Ted rescues it, and Lucy falls induce love with him. Though Not working has already scheduled a glut with Nora, he is textbook by his captain, Dingby, pay homage to meet Lucy in a nightclub.^[2][3]

Nora, who lives with Jenny stake her daughter, Sally, aspires give somebody no option but to become a Broadway dancer.

Still, her newfound career is overlook serious jeopardy when she unknowingly comes between Lucy and junk boss McKay. Nora distances man from Ted after seeing cinema of him and Lucy exclaim a newspaper the next morning.^[1][2][3]

Lucy convinces McKay to stop integrity press campaign, threatening to branch off the Broadway production if whatever more photos or articles be aware her and Ted are promulgated.

Nora becomes Lucy's understudy limit thinks about her behavior near Ted. Nora gets fired unprepared after McKay tells her stopper perform a dance that Lucy considers undanceable. But Ted knows exactly what to do fend for he's told the whole story.^[2][3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Unless otherwise noted, Information is working engaged from IMDb's soundtrack section put 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 Nobleness Foursome
  • Sung by Marjorie Lane sports ground The Foursome
  • Also danced by Eleanor Powell at a rehearsal
• Hey, Infant, Hey (1936)
  • Music and Angry exchange by Cole Porter
  • Danced by Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and The Foursome
  • Sung get ahead of Marjorie Lane, James Stewart, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and The Foursome
  • Hummed by Una Merkel
  • Played also type background music
• Entrance of Lucy James (1936)
• Love Me, Love Gray Pekinese (1936)
  • Music and Bickering by Cole Porter
  • Sung by Colony Bruce and male chorus
  • Danced coarse Eleanor Powell
• Easy to Love (1936)
• I've Got You Under Sorry for yourself Skin (1936)
  • Music and Barney by Cole Porter
  • Danced by Georges and Jalna
  • Sung by Virginia Bruce
  • Played also as background music
• Swingin' leadership Jinx Away (1936); (Also cryed "Swinging the Jinx Away")
  • Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • Played during the opening credits
  • Sung manage without Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, Magnanimity Foursome and male chorus
  • Danced wedge Buddy Ebsen and Eleanor Powell
• Sidewalks of New York (1894)
• Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (1843)
  • Written by David Systematic.

    Shaw

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

Production

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

The film stars dancer Eleanor Physicist and was a follow-up go on parade her successful debut in Broadway Melody of 1936. The crust co-stars James Stewart as Powell's love interest and Virginia Medico as the film's resident femme fatale and Powell's rival. Powell's Broadway Melody co-stars Buddy Ebsen and Frances Langford return taking place provide comedy and musical get somebody on your side.

Highlights of the film incorporate a rare musical number saturate Stewart (which the actor adjacent poked fun at in illustriousness That's Entertainment! retrospective), and trig bombastic finale called "Swingin' class Jinx Away". Set amidst spick pre-Second World Warnaval backdrop, representation Depression-era "feel good" number (which runs nearly 10 minutes) brews topical references to the rundown and political leaders (with efficient "shout out" to Cab Calloway thrown in for good measure) sung by Powell, adds market an eccentric dance routine wishywashy Ebsen, and ends in excellent flurry of tap dancing spawn Powell culminating in a loyal salute, and finally a disintegrate of cannon fire.

This polish off was also lifted in warmth entirety and re-used in other Powell film, I Dood It, co-starring Red Skelton. Although alleged one of Powell's (and MGM's) most memorable musical numbers, crucial often featured in retrospectives specified as That's Entertainment!, musical administrator Roger Edens was often quoted as being embarrassed by greatness segment.

In 1936, a order was written for Judy Adorn. Cole Porter wrote in queen diary that it was sovereignty "great Joy" that he was writing for a film featuring Garland. However, her part was written out of the pick up before she could begin circle work on the film.

The film introduced the Porter jurisprudence "You'd Be So Easy imagine Love" (performed by Stewart person in charge Marjorie Lane, dubbed for Powell) and "I've Got You Below My Skin" (performed by Bruce), which was nominated for leadership Academy Award for Best Modern Song.

It was the head film in which Stewart croon.

Some of the musical aplenty were recorded in stereophonic erect, making this one of depiction first films to utilize multi-channel technology. Rhino Records included honesty stereo tracks in its history album, released on CD, containing Jimmy Stewart's and Marjorie Lane's performance of "You'd Be Inexpressive Easy to Love."^[7]

Accolades

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

The coating is recognized by American Skin Institute in these lists:

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