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
A Forgotten L.A. Movie
The Dancing Pirate is worth watching for a several reasons: the over-the-top early Technicolor hues, the spectacular finale featuring the Royal Cansino Dancers (including a young Rita Hayworth) and a very small appearance at the beginning of the movie by Pat Ryan, later to be Pat Nixon. But more than these things, I like The Dancing Pirate as a forgotten movie about Los Angeles. The movie depicts a Boston dance teacher kidnapped by pirates who escapes into the sleepy Alta California village of La Paloma.
This is an obvious adaptation of the real-life story of Joseph Chapman. Chapman, originally from Boston, deserted Hippolyte de Bouchard's piratical coastal raiding party to become the first yanqui resident of Los Angeles in 1818. Chapman, like the character in the movie, became a solid citizen of the little pueblo. Unlike the character in the movie, there's no historical evidence that Chapman could dance, however.
This is an obvious adaptation of the real-life story of Joseph Chapman. Chapman, originally from Boston, deserted Hippolyte de Bouchard's piratical coastal raiding party to become the first yanqui resident of Los Angeles in 1818. Chapman, like the character in the movie, became a solid citizen of the little pueblo. Unlike the character in the movie, there's no historical evidence that Chapman could dance, however.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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