Margaret O'Brien is charming and Danny Thomas made his film debut in "The Unfinished Dance." Why Danny was good here, the part was tailor-made for another Danny-Danny Kaye.
A little girl loves the ballet and aspires to be a ballerina. Her favorite ballerina (Cyd Charisse) has her career threatened by Mlle.Darina, an engaging wide-eyed Karin Booth.
To stop Booth, little Margaret turns the switch off thinking that the theater will go dark. Instead, she presses a switch that lowers the floor and Booth falls in ending her dancing career.
O'Brien is racked with guilt. Her best friend knows and another, a little brat, guesses that something is wrong.
My objection to this film is that all is forgiven at the end and there is no punishment for little Margaret. Sorry Meg, you hurt a lady and should be punished.
Charisse disappoints our little Margaret by wanting to give up ballet and wed. By the end, Meg is able to break up her affair and Charisse is back at it with Booth cheering her on. This is a little too bitter-sweet to take.
Henry Koster's direction is competent. He admirably directed 1955's "Good Morning, Miss Dove."
A little girl loves the ballet and aspires to be a ballerina. Her favorite ballerina (Cyd Charisse) has her career threatened by Mlle.Darina, an engaging wide-eyed Karin Booth.
To stop Booth, little Margaret turns the switch off thinking that the theater will go dark. Instead, she presses a switch that lowers the floor and Booth falls in ending her dancing career.
O'Brien is racked with guilt. Her best friend knows and another, a little brat, guesses that something is wrong.
My objection to this film is that all is forgiven at the end and there is no punishment for little Margaret. Sorry Meg, you hurt a lady and should be punished.
Charisse disappoints our little Margaret by wanting to give up ballet and wed. By the end, Meg is able to break up her affair and Charisse is back at it with Booth cheering her on. This is a little too bitter-sweet to take.
Henry Koster's direction is competent. He admirably directed 1955's "Good Morning, Miss Dove."