Everybody Dance (film)

1936 British film

Leslie Arliss
Ralph Spence

Based ona story by Leslie Arliss
& Stafford DickensProduced byMichael BalconStarring

Cicely Courtneidge
Ernest Truex
Percy Parsons
Alma Taylor

CinematographyJack CoxEdited byR. E. DearingMusic byWords & music:
Mack Gordon
Harry Revel
Musical director:
Louis Levy

Production
companies

Gainsborough Pictures
Gaumont British

Distributed byGaumont British Distributors

Release dates

September 1936 (1936-09) (London, England)

Running time

74 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Everybody Dance is a 1936 British musical film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Ernest Truex, Percy Parsons and Alma Taylor.^[1] The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky. It was made at Islington Studios.^[2]

Sidney Gilliat called it "dreadful".^[3]

Plot

When a successful nightclub singer (Cicely Courtneidge) finds herself guardian to her late sisters children, she ditches her singing career and takes the kids to live on a farm. Her manager is less than happy and resorts to legal means to try and stop her.

Cast

Cicely Courtneidge as Katharine 'Lady Kate' Levering
Ernest Truex as Wilbur Spurgeon
Percy Parsons as Josiah Spurgeon
Alma Taylor as Rosemary Spurgeon
Chuck Reisner Jr. as Tony Spurgeon
Billie De la Volta as Shirley Spurgeon
Kathleen Harrison as Lucy
Bruce Winston as Pierre
C. Denier Warren as Dan Fleming
Peter Gawthorne as Sir Rowland Morton
Helen Haye as Lady Morton
Janet Johnson as Lilian Morton
Joan Ponsford as Dorothy Morton

References

^ "Everybody Dance (1936) - Charles "Chuck" Riesner - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EVERYBODY DANCE (1936)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 54.