''Dancing In the Dark'' is a 1949

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directed by

Irving Reis Irving Reis (May 7, 1906 in New York City – July 3, 1953 in Woodland Hills, California) was a radio program producer and director, and a film director. Biography Irving Reis was born into a Jewish family. Reis began his career as a motion pi ...

, starring

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and Mark Stevens. Betsy Drake's singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.

Plot

This musical comedy stars

as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman ( Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign."'Dancing in the Dark' Listing"
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Cast

as Emery Slade * Mark Stevens as Bill Davis * Betsy Drake as Julie Clarke * Adolphe Menjou as Melville Crossman * Randy Stuart as Rosalie Brooks *

Lloyd Corrigan Lloyd Corrigan (October 16, 1900 – November 5, 1969) was an American film and television actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who began working in films in the 1920s. The son of actress Lillian Elliott, Corrigan directed films, usually ...

as John Barker * Hope Emerson as Mrs. Schlaghammer * Walter Catlett as Joe Brooks * Don Beddoe as Barney Bassett * Jean Hersholt as Jean Hersholt

References

External links

* * 1949 films 1949 musical comedy films 1949 romantic comedy films American musical comedy films American romantic comedy films American romantic musical films Films about actors American films based on plays Films directed by Irving Reis 20th Century Fox films 1940s romantic musical films 1940s American films {{romantic-musical-film-stub