Dance Charlie Dance is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Crane Wilbur and William Jacobs, based on the play The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman."The Butter and Egg Man" Internet Broadway Database The film stars Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins and features Addison Richards. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 14, 1937.
The story concerns a stage-struck rural heir who is tricked into financing a bad play, but when the play turns out to be a hit, problems arise when he is sued for plagiarism.
Plot Andrew Tucker is from a small town and arrives in the big city in hopes of investing in theatrical production, he finds Morgan, a producer with a reputation of producing flops and decides to invest in a bad play, that bad play turns out to be a success as an unintentional comedy.
Cast Stuart Erwin as Andrew "Andy" Tucker Jean Muir as Mary Mathews Glenda Farrell as Fanny Morgan Allen Jenkins as Alf Morgan Addison Richards as Gordon Fox Mary Treen as Jennie Wolfe Charley Foy as Phil "Mac" MacArthur Chester Clute as Alvin Gussett Collette Lyons as Bobbie Benson
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