The Dance of Life
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
From the archive
Early talkie that is a fascinating time-capsule window onto the days of vaudeville. It follows the touching up-and-down relationship of two performers who fall in love. Stars Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Al ('Fuzzy') St John, Oscar Levant. Colorized using DeOldify technology with additional tweaks in Avidemux. IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019798 (Note: Although this movie is public domain, the colorization is copyright by me. My colorized movies are freely uploaded for free personal use. Please don't put them on your own YouTube channel and monetize them. Thanks.)
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- Director
- John Cromwell
- Starring
- Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Theodore, Charles D. Brown, Al St. John, May Boley, Oscar Levant
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