Charles Collins is a very unlikely leading man in "Dancing Pirate". He's a man with a rather weak voice and looks that don't seem like leading man material....and it's one of the only times Collins starred in a film. I am NOT being negative...he might have been a nice guy...but this film isn't something that helped him or his career.
When the film begins, Jonathan Pride (Collins) is leading a dancing class in what appears to be America circa 1830. Soon he's shanghaiied and finds himself an unwilling crew member on a pirate ship. He's miserable and mistreated and the first chance he got, he escaped. While this sounds great, the folks in the town where he landed think he's a brutal pirate and they capture him...and plan on hanging him! Can he convince them he's just a harmless dance instructor....or is he destined to assume room temperature?
This film is clearly intended as a musical. There's lots of dancing and I think, in hindsight, this is a mistake. The plot clearly would have worked better as a comedy...instead of a weak musical. A few laughs and no giant dance numbers and the film would have been a more enjoyable diversion...instead of inconsequential fluff.
When the film begins, Jonathan Pride (Collins) is leading a dancing class in what appears to be America circa 1830. Soon he's shanghaiied and finds himself an unwilling crew member on a pirate ship. He's miserable and mistreated and the first chance he got, he escaped. While this sounds great, the folks in the town where he landed think he's a brutal pirate and they capture him...and plan on hanging him! Can he convince them he's just a harmless dance instructor....or is he destined to assume room temperature?
This film is clearly intended as a musical. There's lots of dancing and I think, in hindsight, this is a mistake. The plot clearly would have worked better as a comedy...instead of a weak musical. A few laughs and no giant dance numbers and the film would have been a more enjoyable diversion...instead of inconsequential fluff.