The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life

Glamorous! Gorgeous! Heart Breaking!

1929•1h 55m•5.5/10

RomanceDramaMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(11)

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.

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Production

Paramount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hal Skelly

Hal Skelly

Ralph 'Skid' Johnson

Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll

Bonny Lee King

Dorothy Revier

Dorothy Revier

Sylvia Marco

Ralph Theodore

Harvey Howell

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Lefty Miller

Al St. John

Al St. John

Bozo

May Boley

May Boley

Gussie

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Jerry Evans

Gladys DuBois

Miss Sherman

James Quinn

James Quinn

Jimmy

George Irving

George Irving

Minister

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