The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
The Royal Cansino Dancers
- Royal Cansinos
- (as Cansino Family)
Sam Appel
- Café Owner
- (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
- Bouncing Betty's Cook
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile this was the third feature film released in 3-strip Technicolor, it was, for a long time, thought to no longer exist in that form. Only incomplete 35mm negatives were known to survive, plus 16mm prints struck in the two-color Cinecolor process. However, in 2015, a complete 35mm nitrate Technicolor print was discovered, leading to a 2022 home video release on DVD and Blu-ray.
- Crazy creditsThe following is included in the opening crew credits, in an era when color was still relatively unused in filming and Technicolor was becoming in vogue: "Designed in Color by Robert Edmond Jones"
- Alternate versionsSome prints of this film are not even in color, but in black-and-white, although the credits still say "Technicolor".
- SoundtracksWhen You're Dancing the Waltz
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Charles Collins (uncredited), Steffi Duna (uncredited) and chorus
Featured review
Funny Frank Morgan and Unknown Charles Collins
I got this out of the 50 musicals set. It said it was in Technicolor but it the print was curiously in black and white. The Plot-a dancing master gets kidnapped to be a galley worker on a pirate boat. He ends up in Calfornia near Monterey which at that time was populated with Mexicans. At first they arrest him, but he charms the whole town. This was an entertaining little musical. Not perfect and not a classic but definitely worth a look for Charles Collins and Frank Morgan.
It had a lead I have never heard of... Charles Collins who was quite a talented dancer-singer-actor . He kind of looks like Kevin Kline. Amazed the man didn't have a more illustrious career as he had all the makings of what constituted a star back then. Quite an interesting discovery. Frank Morgan (the wizard of oz) is quite funny as the bumbling mayor. The film was quite enjoyable.
It had a lead I have never heard of... Charles Collins who was quite a talented dancer-singer-actor . He kind of looks like Kevin Kline. Amazed the man didn't have a more illustrious career as he had all the makings of what constituted a star back then. Quite an interesting discovery. Frank Morgan (the wizard of oz) is quite funny as the bumbling mayor. The film was quite enjoyable.
- davidgoldyn
- Sep 21, 2006
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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