Clark Gable was active in 1931. He didn't always have a big part, but he was working. I count thirteen projects he was a part of, of which I've seen seven including this film. He plays Jake Luva in this joint, a bootlegger and a gangster, but he doesn't figure into the picture until about half way through.
The main character is Bonnie Jordan (Joan Crawford). She's a high society girl who's the hit of the party everywhere she goes and is loved or envied by all. She and her brother, Rodney (William Bakewell), hit rock bottom when the stock market crashed and their father died of a heart attack as a result. Bonnie's society friends ditched her fast and feasted on her estate that was put up for auction. After rejecting a proposal from her beau, Robert Townsend (Lester Vail), she used her name to get a job as a reporter for a local paper there in Chicago. She was awful, but she was pretty, so that will always give a girl a chance.
Jake (Gable) entered the picture when Rodney began working for him. Rodney was ex-society and had contacts to sell Jake Luva's booze to. Rodney was doing fine until he had to do more than just sell booze. He got a real wake up call about what working for a gangster meant.
"Dance, Fools, Dance" was a pretty good movie that ended weakly. When I say weakly I mean improbably.
I watched the movie for Gable and had to sift through a lot of Joan Crawford. Joan was an overactor to me. I'd seen her in a few films before this one so I knew what I was getting into. I think too much white of her eyes show which is never a good look. And when she acts distraught it is unbearable. She gets a wild look and starts rubbing her head like she's shampooing. It is so over the top and cartoonish I can't take her seriously. I still sort of liked the movie, so I guess that's something.
2.99 on Amazon Prime.
The main character is Bonnie Jordan (Joan Crawford). She's a high society girl who's the hit of the party everywhere she goes and is loved or envied by all. She and her brother, Rodney (William Bakewell), hit rock bottom when the stock market crashed and their father died of a heart attack as a result. Bonnie's society friends ditched her fast and feasted on her estate that was put up for auction. After rejecting a proposal from her beau, Robert Townsend (Lester Vail), she used her name to get a job as a reporter for a local paper there in Chicago. She was awful, but she was pretty, so that will always give a girl a chance.
Jake (Gable) entered the picture when Rodney began working for him. Rodney was ex-society and had contacts to sell Jake Luva's booze to. Rodney was doing fine until he had to do more than just sell booze. He got a real wake up call about what working for a gangster meant.
"Dance, Fools, Dance" was a pretty good movie that ended weakly. When I say weakly I mean improbably.
I watched the movie for Gable and had to sift through a lot of Joan Crawford. Joan was an overactor to me. I'd seen her in a few films before this one so I knew what I was getting into. I think too much white of her eyes show which is never a good look. And when she acts distraught it is unbearable. She gets a wild look and starts rubbing her head like she's shampooing. It is so over the top and cartoonish I can't take her seriously. I still sort of liked the movie, so I guess that's something.
2.99 on Amazon Prime.