Dance Girl Dance (DVD)

Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away from her small-town family to join his act. She winds up heartbroken, pregnant and broke when Joe runs off with the magician's sexy assistant. Sally bravely persists and her immense dancing and singing talent gain the notice of prominent producer, Wade Valentine. Under Valentine's tutelage, she rockets to Broadway stardom while Joe Pitt is reduced to waiting on tables. Alone, Sally proudly gives birth to a baby son. Wade proposes marriage to his beloved protege and it appears that Joe Pitt may never learn about the son he has fathered.

Evalyn Knapp was renowned for her appearances in B-Westerns and most notably the cliffhanger The Perils Of Pauline (1934). Edward Nugent had roles in 81 movies most notably 42nd Street (1933) and Ah, Wilderness! (1935). After entering films in the 1920s, director Frank Strayer gained notoriety with an early sound feature, The Vampire Bat (1932). But his strongest suit was creating comedies, notably the highly successful Blondie films in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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