Born to Dance

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Born to Dance

Released Nov 7, 1936

1h 45m

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Comedy

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This musical follows the story of Nora Paige (Eleanor Powell), a dancer, and Ted Barker (James Stewart), a sailor. When Ted meets Nora, he knows that he has fallen in love. But after he rescues a Pekinese dog belonging to rival dancer Lucy James (Virginia Bruce), Ted is caught in a media mix-up when pictures surface of him and Lucy. If Ted wants to clear his image and win the love of his life, he must dance and sing his way back into Nora's heart.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

On the whole, Born to Dance is in the top flight of musical shows, the comedy is funnier than usual, the music better, the stepping faster.

Jul 23, 2019

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Pleasant musical tries hard.

Dec 29, 2017

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Pleasantly breezy musical romantic comedy.

Rated: B

Apr 28, 2008

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

The original songs by Cole Porter aren't all memorable, but they are lively and two of them are among is classics: "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Easy to Love."

Apr 6, 2008

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David K

First, the image/clip they're showing is for a much later movie than this entry refers to. As much as Eleanor Powell's dancing is amazing, the rest of her act doesn't make it for me. I watched this film specifically because it is very early James Stewart. He sings! The songs range from okay to wonderful. All in all, though, there are better musicals to be had.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Steve D

Too much like a million others.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Audience Member

If you take all the tap dancing numbers out, this might be a watchable film. For some reason, tap dancing was all the rage until the mid-50s and after that, it just appeared ridiculous. What was the allure and why did they do it? No one today would watch this type of dancing for hours.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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The best movie song ever sung: I've Got You Under My Skin!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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What can be said about Born to Dance but that it's fun & it's a musical. One of the very few musicals of Jimmy Stewart & also staring the terrific Elenor Powell who had a big but brief career in Hollywood Musicals. The story truly takes a backseat to great songs & terrific numbers, the final sequence with Elenor on the Navy Battleship will truly be in the anvils of cinema for years to come. Has some terrific character actors but does fail as a clever narrative but I have no doubt Audiences of 1936 didn't loose much sleep over it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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02/18/23

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Roy Del Ruth

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Eleanor Powell

Nora Paige

James Stewart

Ted Barker

Virginia Bruce

Lucy James

Una Merkel

Jenny Saks

Sid Silvers

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This musical follows the story of Nora Paige (Eleanor Powell), a dancer, and Ted Barker (James Stewart), a sailor. When Ted meets Nora, he knows that he has fallen in love. But after he rescues a Pekinese dog belonging to rival dancer Lucy James (Virginia Bruce), Ted is caught in a media mix-up when pictures surface of him and Lucy. If Ted wants to clear his image and win the love of his life, he must dance and sing his way back into Nora's heart.

Director: Roy Del Ruth
Screenwriter: Buddy G. DeSylva, Jack McGowan, Sid Silvers
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 1936, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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