Dance Pretty Lady

Dance Pretty Lady
Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Written by	Anthony Asquith
Based on	Carnival by Compton Mackenzie
Produced by	Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring	Ann Casson Carl Harbord Moore Marriott
Cinematography	Jack Parker
Music by	John Reynders
Production company	British Instructional Films
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	10 December 1931 (1931-12-10)
Running time	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

References

1. Craig Butler. "Dance Pretty Lady (1932) - Anthony Asquith - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | DANCE PRETTY LADY (1932)". Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2009.

External links

• Dance Pretty Lady at IMDb