Dancers in the Dark

Dancers in the Dark (1932)

LOVE in her heart - HATE in her soul - She sang the melody of DEATH!

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.

Date of release
1932-03-11
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Drama
Director
David Burton

Casting

Interesting facts

Dancers in the Dark is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a taxi dancer, a big band leader, and a gangster.

Production

The film was based on a play The Jazz King by James Creelman who was better known as a screenwriter. In March 1929 it was announced the play would be put on next October. It was not produced on Broadway. In October 1931 Paramount bought screen rights to the play which was also known as St Louis Blues and Master of Ceremonies. The same month it was announced the film would star Miriam Hopkins and Charles Buddy Rogers.

Filming started under the title The Jazz King.

Raft was later signed to a long-term contract by Paramount. He made it after Scarface but before that film was released.

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