Dancing in the Dark (1949 film)

Dancing In the Dark
Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Irving Reis
Screenplay by	Mary C. McCall Jr. Marion Turk (adaptation) Jay Dratler (additional dialogue)
Based on	The Band Wagon by Howard Dietz, George S. Kaufman, Arthur Schwartz
Produced by	George Jessel
Starring	William Powell Mark Stevens Betsy Drake Adolphe Menjou
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 2, 1949 (1949-12-02)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million

Dancing In the Dark is a 1949 Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Irving Reis, starring William Powell and Mark Stevens. Betsy Drake's singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.

Plot

This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman (Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign.

Cast

• William Powell as Emery Slade
• Mark Stevens as Bill Davis
• Betsy Drake as Julie Clarke
• Adolphe Menjou as Melville Crossman
• Randy Stuart as Rosalie Brooks
• Lloyd Corrigan as John Barker
• Hope Emerson as Mrs. Schlaghammer
• Walter Catlett as Joe Brooks
• Don Beddoe as Barney Bassett
• Jean Hersholt as Jean Hersholt

External links

• Dancing in the Dark at IMDb
• Dancing in the Dark at the TCM Movie Database
• Dancing in the Dark at AllMovie