After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.
- Wally
- (as Earl Foxe)
- Parker
- (as Purnell B. Pratt)
- Luva's Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Albert
- (uncredited)
- Yacht Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Clinton
- (uncredited)
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Dance, Fools, Dance" is clearly based on two infamous incidents in Chicago crime history: the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in a garage and the June 9, 1930 murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle, who was shot while heading to a train station. However, unlike the movie's Bert Scranton, Lingle was a shady character who played both sides of the law and had parlayed a $65 a week salary into a $60,000 income. In journalistic terms, Lingle was known as a legman who would telephone in the salient details of the story which would be actually written by a rewrite man. This is what happens when Joan Crawford's Bonnie phones in her story after the shootout.
- GoofsWhen in the newsroom Scranton tells Bonnie that if they had a chance they would cut the Lord's Prayer to a one-line squib and he quotes, "Now I lay me down to sleep". But the line is not from the Lord's Prayer, it is actually the first line and title of the bedtime prayer, "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep".
- Quotes
Bob: You know I'm very much in love with you, don't you?
Bonnie: Are you?
Bob: I'm crazy about you, and you know it.
Bonnie: I didn't know.
Bob: Well, you know it now. What about it?
Bonnie: That's it... what?
Bob: Going to make me stand on ceremony?
Bonnie: You think I'm so old-fashioned?
Bob: I hope not.
Bonnie: You're right. I'm not. I believe in... in trying love out.
Bob: On approval?
Bonnie: Yes, on approval.
[they kiss as the scene fades out]
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksPiano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
(1800-01) (uncredited)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Played on piano by Natalie Moorhead
Reprised on piano by Joan Crawford in a swing version
- ksf-2
- Apr 3, 2008
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $234,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1