The Dance of Life (1929) | Directed by John Cromwell - Full Movie

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts and in order to save money on the road, they get married.

The Dance of Life (1929) is the first of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque, the others being Swing High, Swing Low (1937) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948).

The Dance of Life was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, and included Technicolor sequences, directed by John Cromwell and A. Edward Sutherland.

Directed by: John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland
Written by: Benjamin Glazer, Julian Johnson (titles)
Based on Burlesque (play) by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins
Starring: Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll
Cinematography: J. Roy Hunt
Edited by: George Nichols Jr.
Music by: Adolph Deutsch, Vernon Duke, John Leipold
Production company: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: August 16, 1929 (New York City) September 7, 1929 (U.S.)
Running time: 115 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English