The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
The Royal Cansino Dancers
- Royal Cansinos
- (as Cansino Family)
Sam Appel
- Café Owner
- (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
- Bouncing Betty's Cook
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile this was the third feature film released in 3-strip Technicolor, it was, for a long time, thought to no longer exist in that form. Only incomplete 35mm negatives were known to survive, plus 16mm prints struck in the two-color Cinecolor process. However, in 2015, a complete 35mm nitrate Technicolor print was discovered, leading to a 2022 home video release on DVD and Blu-ray.
- Crazy creditsThe following is included in the opening crew credits, in an era when color was still relatively unused in filming and Technicolor was becoming in vogue: "Designed in Color by Robert Edmond Jones"
- Alternate versionsSome prints of this film are not even in color, but in black-and-white, although the credits still say "Technicolor".
- SoundtracksWhen You're Dancing the Waltz
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Charles Collins (uncredited), Steffi Duna (uncredited) and chorus
Featured review
I saw this movie when I was five years old and never heard of it again. All I could remember was the fellow dancing with a noose around his neck. Looked for it for years, then saw it, just in the past year, in a bin as a Rita Hayworth movie. Thanks to the generic title I recognized it right away. There won't be many comments on this one, as it's virtually unknown, but I've looked at it twice and it brings back a memory of a movie I loved so much as a child, though nothing came back to me except the mentioned dancing scene. It's offbeat, in terrific color and I think enjoyable . Did anybody ever hear of the dancer who played the title role again?
- jackclements
- Jul 18, 2002
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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