Dance Pretty Lady Explained

Dance Pretty Lady
Director:	Anthony Asquith
Producer:	Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring:	Ann Casson Carl Harbord Moore Marriott
Music:	John Reynders
Cinematography:	Jack Parker
Studio:	British Instructional Films
Distributor:	Wardour Films
Runtime:	64 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Dance Pretty Lady is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ann Casson, Carl Harbord, Michael Hogan, Moore Marriott and Flora Robson. It was based on the 1912 novel Carnival by Compton Mackenzie.^[1] The novel was subsequently remade as a 1946 film Carnival.

Plot

During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.^[2]

Cast

• Ann Casson as Jenny Pearl
• Carl Harbord as Maurice Avery
• Michael Hogan as Castleton
• Moore Marriott as Mr. Raeburn
• Flora Robson as Mrs. Raeburn
• Leonard Brett as Alf
• Norman Claridge as Jack Danby
• Sunday Wilshin as Irene
• René Ray as Elsie
• Eva Llewellyn as Aunt Mabel
• Marie Rambert Dancers as Dancers
• Wendy Toye as Dancer
• Alban Conway
• Hermione Gingold

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dance Pretty Lady (1932) - Anthony Asquith - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie. Craig Butler. AllMovie.
2. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | DANCE PRETTY LADY (1932) . 25 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012031626/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30550/?availableLicense=yes . 12 October 2012 . dead .