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  Dancers In The Dark (1932)
  Dancers In The Dark (1932)
 
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Big city dime-a-dance girl Miriam Hopkins has a chance to leave the grind behind and marry musician Wm. Collier Jr, much to the displeasure of his friend, band leader Jack Oakie. Oakie schemes to break them up but finds himself falling for Miriam along the way. Meanwhile, a gangster (sleek "black snake" George Raft) from her past comes back into her life to complicate things and all three men battle for her affections.

Hopkins' dramatic and sexy rendition of "St. Louis Blues/St. Louis Woman" is a real show-stopper, set in a gigantic expressionistic dance-hall right out of DR. CALIGARI. Miriam's aura of vulnerability and the dangerous appeal of George Raft give their scenes together a sexually charged S & M atmosphere. Jack Oakie's likability quotient is sorely tested when he nearly rapes Hopkins half-way through the film. Lyda Roberti is a stand-out as an immigrant tramp out to gold-dig Eugene Palette and belts out a red-hot ha-cha number accompanied by Oakie. Racy sex, sexy songs and violent demise make this pre-Code corker "the stuff dreams are made of..."
 
Cast
  • Miriam Hopkins - Gloria Bishop
  • Jack Oakie - Duke Taylor
  • William Collier, Jr. - Floyd Stevens
  • Eugene Pallette - Gus
  • Lyda Roberti - Fanny Zabowolski
  • George Raft - Louie Brooks
  • Maurice Black - Max
  • DeWitt Jennings - Sgt. McGroody
  • Alberta Vaughn - Marie
  • Eduardo Aguilar - Eduardo Duran's Orchestra
  • George Bickel - Spiegel
  • James Bradbury - Happy, Trombonist
  • Claire Dodd - Girl at Bar
  • Paul Fix - Benny
  • Paul Gibbons - Eduardo Duran's Orchestra
  • Mary Gordon - Cleaning lady
  • Steve Grajeda
  • William Halligan - Terry, Trumpet Player
  • Walter Hiers - Ollie
  • Al Hill - Smitty, Bouncer
  • Alberto Mateu
  • Frances Moffett - Ruby
  • Kent Taylor - Saxophone Player
  • Fred Warren - Al, pianist

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