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Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate

The first dancing musical in 100% new Technicolor

1936•1h 23m•5.7/10
MusicAdventureComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.7/10(18)

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

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Production

Pioneer Pictures Corporation, Pioneer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charles Collins

Charles Collins

Jonathan Pride

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Mayor Don Emilio Perena

Steffi Duna

Steffi Duna

Serafina Perena

Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

Pamfilo (the Jailer)

Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi

Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Lt. Chago (Baltazar's Aide)

Alma Real

Blanca (Serafina's Maid)

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

Tecolote (Old Indian)

Mitchell Lewis

Mitchell Lewis

Pirate Chief

Julian Rivero

Shepherd

John Eberts

Mozo

Eduardo Cansino Jr.

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Landlady (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Jim Farley

Sailor (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Cy Kendall

Bouncing Betty's Cook (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis

Orville's Mother (uncredited)

Ellen Lowe

Miss Ponsonby (uncredited)

Pat Nixon

Pat Nixon

Dance-Class Student (uncredited)

Marjorie Reynolds

Marjorie Reynolds

Dancer (uncredited)

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