Dancing Co-Ed
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| Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
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| Produced by | Edgar Selwyn |
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| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
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| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 84 minutesLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
| Budget | $425,000[2] |
| Box office | $713,000[2] |
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Dancing Co-Ed (released as Every Other Inch a Lady in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 American screwball comedy film[1] directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, and Artie Shaw.[3] The plot involves a college dance contest staged by a film producer whose lead star has unexpectedly dropped out of his film upon discovering she was pregnant. The film marked Turner's first starring role,[4] and features early uncredited appearances from Veronica Lake, Dick Winslow, and Robert Walker.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Plot
Henry Workman, a mogul of the film studio Monarch Pictures, is forced to recast the lead of his new musical film after Toddy Tobin, the dancing partner and wife of star Freddy Tobin, discovers she is pregnant. In an attempt to salvage the production, press agent Joe Drews devises a scheme of staging a dance contest at a small Midwestern college in order to find a replacement.
Patty Marlow, the daughter of esteemed vaudevillian Pops Marlow, is planted in the competition to be the winner of the contest. Joe goes to significant lengths to secure Patty's position, forcing her to take entrance exams and officially enroll at the college. Pug Braddock, a student and editor of the campus newspaper, is suspicious of Patty and the competition, and begins investigating.
Through several interactions with Pug, Patty swiftly falls in love with him, as well as becoming significantly interested in journalism. After Pug and Patty publish scandalous photographs of the college faculty, they are threatened with expulsion. The college's president sends for Patty's father, prompting Patty to confess the truth to Pug. Patty insists on completing her role in the competition, which angers Pug.
On the day of the competition, Henry arrives on campus to announce the winner. To prevent the plot from being completed, Pug and his friends kidnap Patty, but she convinces Pug to allow her to return to the contest. Meanwhile, Joe has placed student Eve Greeley in the competition in Patty's absence to stall for time. Henry ultimately picks Eve as the contest winner and offers Pop a job as a dancing coach. Meanwhile, Pug proposes to Patty.
Cast
Production
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Dancing Co-Ed was adapted from a 1938 story by Albert Treynor published in American Magazine, which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer originally purchased the rights to as a planned vehicle for Eleanor Powell.[5] The project was shelved for approximately a year before producer Edgar Selwyn revived it, casting Lana Turner in the lead.[5]
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Release
Dancing Co-Ed was theatrically released in the United States on September 29, 1939.[1]
Home media
The Warner Archive Collection released Dancing Co-Ed on DVD on August 23, 2010.[6]
Reception
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $518,000 in the US and Canada and $195,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $21,000.[2]
Critical response
Jimmie Fidler of The Daily Breeze praised the film as an "indirect indictment" of the Hollywood studio system, deeming it a "fine picture" and praising Turner's lead performance.[7]
Variety favorably assessed the film, describing it as a "light and amusing comedy-drama... S. Sylvan Simon's direction is crisp, moving his story along at a good pace. Songs are chiefly confined to the Artie Shaw band's jive sessions, being his own arrangements of a flock of pops."[8]
Notes
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References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dancing Co-Ed". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carr, Jay (April 18, 2008). "Dancing Co-Ed". Turner Classic Movies.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Watch Dancing Co-Ed". Turner Classic Movies.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crow, James Francis (September 20, 1939). "Reviews of Previews". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dancing Co-Ed DVD". Amazon.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fidler, Jimmie (September 27, 1939). "Touring In Filmland". The Daily Breeze. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Variety Staff (December 31, 1939). "Dancing Co-Ed". Variety.
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Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morella, Joe; Epstein, Edward Z. (1971). Lana: The Public and Private Lives of Miss Turner. New York City, New York: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-0226-6.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parish, James Robert (1978). The Hollywood Beauties. New York City, New York: Arlington House Publishers. ISBN 978-0-870-00412-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tucker, David C. (2021). S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker: Adventures with Lucy, Red Skelton and Harry Cohn in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-476-68219-8.
External links
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- Dancing Co-Ed at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Dancing Co-Ed at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Dancing Co-Ed at the TCM Movie Database (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
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