Everybody Dance
Everybody Dance – 1936 | 71 mins | Musical | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Sentimental drama with dreary musical numbers. A nightclub singer (Cicely Courtneidge) ‘inherits’ an orphaned niece and nephew. They believe her to be a farmer, so she buys a farm, but the strain of two lives causes her to quit her club. This inspires her greedy manager to have her declared as an unfit guardian for them. It’s left to a local magistrate to resolve matters.
Production Team
Charles Reisner: Director
Alex Vetchinsky: Art Direction
Edward Black: Associate Producer
Arthur Crabtree: Cinematography
Louis Levy: Music Direction
Michael Balcon: Producer
Leslie Arliss: Script
Stafford Dickens: Script
Ralph Spence: Script
Cast
Ernest Truex: Wilbur Spurgeon
Cicely Courtneidge: Lady Kate
Peter Gawthorne: Sir Rowland Morton
Kathleen Harrison: Lucy
Helen Haye: Lady Morton
Janet Johnson: Lilian
Billie De la Volta: Shirley Spurgeon
Percy Parsons: Josiah Spurgeon
Chuck Reisner Jr: Tony Spurgeon
Alma Taylor: Rosemary Spurgeon
