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词条 Dance Hall (1929 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Dance Hall
| image = DanceHallFilmPoster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| film name =
| director = Melville Brown[1]
| producer = Henry Hobart[2]
| writer =
| screenplay = Jane Murfin
J. Walter Ruben[1]
| story = Viña Delmar[1]
| based on =
| narrator =
| starring = Arthur Lake
Olive Borden[1]
| music =
| cinematography = Jack MacKenzie
| editing = Ann McKnight
George Marsh[1]
| studio = A Radio Picture
RKO Productions, Inc.[1]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1929|12|15|Premiere-New York City|1929|12|27|US| ref1= [8]|ref2=[2]}}
| runtime = 65 minutes[2]
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}Dance Hall was an American Pre-Code musical film directed by Melville Brown and written by Jane Murfin and J. Walter Ruben, based on the short story of the same name by Vina Delmar.[3][4] It was RKO's second to last release of the decade, and was a critical and financial flop.[1]

Plot

A shipping clerk, Tommy Flynn, engages a young female taxi dancer, Gracie Nolan, and the two gain some success in dance halls, winning several dance contests. As they do, he becomes infatuated with her, but she only has eyes for a pilot, Ted Smith, who wants her as a trophy of his own. Flynn is unsuccessful in his attempts to woo the young Gracie, until the pilot crashes during his attempt at a transcontinental flight. Flynn hides the fact that the pilot is still alive from Gracie, as he attempts to get her to fall in love with him, but when she discovers his subterfuge, she is enraged and rushes off to be with the pilot.

However, when she finds Smith, she uncovers that he has been living with another woman. Devastated, she returns to Tommy, who takes her back. Reunited the two lovers become a successful dancing team.

Cast

  • Arthur Lake as Tommy Flynn
  • Olive Borden as Gracie Nolan
  • Joseph Cawthorn as Bremmer
  • Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Flynn
  • Ralph Emerson as Ted Smith
  • Lee Moran as Ernie
  • Helen Kaiser as Bee
  • Tom O'Brien as Truck driver
  • George Irving as Doctor Loring

Production

In February 1929, it was announced that Viña Delmar had been signed by RKO to write the story.[5] By the end of June, RKO had scheduled filming to begin on approximately August 1, 1929.[6] In September, The Film Daily reported that Melville Brown had been signed to a long-term contract by RKO, and that Dance Hall would be his first project with his new studio,[7] and in early October it was learned that J. Walter Ruben would be contributing to the script's dialogue.[7] Also in October, RKO announced that Arthur Lake and Olive Borden were attached to the project,[8] and also that Margaret Seddon, Ralph Emerson, and Tom O'Brien would be joining the cast.[9] The production featured the introduction of two new dances: the "Dumb Drag" and the "Blue Bottom".[10] While originally scheduled for August, filming on the picture did not begin until mid-October.[11] After production began, a fire at Consolidated Film Industries, the laboratory developing the negatives, destroyed two days worth of filming.[12] By November 20, filming had concluded and the picture was being edited.[13]

The film opened on December 15, 1929 at the Globe Theater in New York City,[14] although the American Film Institute has it opening a day earlier.[2]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book | title=The RKO Story | last1=Jewell | first1=Richard B. | last2=Harbin | first2=Vernon | publisher=Arlington House | year=1982 | place=New York | page=23 |ISBN=0-517-546566}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3552| title=Dance Hall: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=June 3, 2014}}
3. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19300113&id=wF5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2w4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6639,2579006&hl=en "Shades of Old at Riverside" (Milwaukee Sentinel, January 13, 1930, page 9)]
4. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19300116&id=vW4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ocFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,2993583&hl=en "'Dance Hall' at Park" (The Reading Eagle, January 16, 1930, page 25)]
5. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Two More Writers Added to Radio Pictures Staff | date=February 10, 1929 | page=9 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4748newy#page/n341/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
6. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Shooting Schedules Set on 4 New Radio Films | date=June 30, 1929 | page=6 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4748newy#page/n1607/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
7. ^1 {{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Director Signs Long Contract | date=September 30, 1929 | page=9 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4950newy#page/838/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
8. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=At Works in "Dance Hall" | date=October 23, 1929 | page=6 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4950newy#page/1042/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
9. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=RKO Signs Rupert Julian and Twelve New Players | date=October 20, 1929 | page=5 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4950newy#page/1010/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
10. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19300802&id=zE0rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y9cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4138,2723437&hl=en "Film Introduces Popular Dances" (The Nevada Daily Mail and The Evening Post, August 2, 1930, page three)]
11. ^{{cite news | newspaper=Variety | title=Radio's Octette | date=October 2, 1929 | page=8 | url=https://archive.org/stream/variety96-1929-10#page/n7/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
12. ^{{cite news | newspaper=Variety | title=Negatives and Heavy Damage at Disastrous Con. Lab Coast Fire | date=October 30, 1929 | page=9 | url=https://archive.org/stream/variety96-1929-10#page/n345/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
13. ^{{cite news | newspaper=Variety | title=Cutting Four | date=November 20, 1929 | page=8 | url=https://archive.org/stream/variety97-1929-11#page/n159/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}
14. ^1 {{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=The Broadway Parade | date=December 16, 1929 | page=2 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4950newy#page/1550/mode/2up/search/%22Dance+Hall%22 | accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{Open access}}

External links

  • {{Allmovie title|88484|Dance Hall}}
  • {{IMDb title|0019797|Dance Hall}}
  • {{AFI film|3552|Dance Hall}}
  • {{tcmdb title|3449|Dance Hall}}
{{Melville Brown}}

10 : 1929 films|1920s musical films|American films|American musical films|American black-and-white films|Films based on short fiction|RKO Pictures films|Films made before the MPAA Production Code|Screenplays by Jane Murfin|Films directed by Melville W. Brown
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