Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance
Directed byHarry Beaumont
Written byStory and dialogue:
Aurania Rouverol
Continuity:
Richard Schayer
StarringJoan Crawford
Lester Vail
Clark Gable
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Edited byGeorge Hively
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 21, 1931 (1931-02-21)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$234,000[1]
Box office$1.26 million [1]

Dance, Fools, Dance is a 1931 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story about a reporter investigating the murder of a colleague. Story and dialogue were created by Aurania Rouverol, and the film was directed by Harry Beaumont. Dance, Fools, Dance was the first of eight movies featuring Crawford and Gable.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.