Dancing Pirate (1936)
May 22, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Collins
Jonathan Pride
Frank Morgan
Alcalde
Steffi Duna
Serafina
Luis Alberni
Pamfilo
Victor Varconi
Don Balthazar
Rita Hayworth
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
Chago
Alma Real
Blanca
William V. Mong
Tecolote
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief
Julian Rivero
Shepherd
Lloyd Corrigan
Director
John Eberts
Mozo
Eduardo Cansino Jr.
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Ray Harris
Writer
Nora Cecil
Landlady (uncredited)
Francis Edward Faragoh
Writer
Jim Farley
Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Wagner
Writer
Cy Kendall
Bouncing Betty's Cook (uncredited)
Boris Ingster
Writer
Vera Lewis
Orville's Mother (uncredited)
John Speaks
Producer
William V. Skall
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 22, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
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This Movie Is About.
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Dancing Pirate is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is the third film shot in the three strip Technicolor process and the first musical in that format. Produced by the makers of Becky Sharp, the film was based on the December 1930 Colliers Magazine story Glorious Buccaneer by Emma-Lindsay Squier a serious and action filled romance that may have been inspired by the story of Joseph Chapman. The film features the debut of stage star Charles Collins and the cast includes Rita Hayworth as one of The Royal Cansino Dancers. Other dancers in the film were Pat Nixon and Marjorie Reynolds.
The films is set in the 1820s. A dance teacher from Boston is enslaved by pirates, but escapes when the pirate ship lands in Spanish California. The local authorities mistake him for a pirate and sentence him to death. His execution is delayed in order for him to give dance lessons to the local women. When disgruntled former soldiers turn to banditry, the captive teacher counters their efforts by orchestrating a revolt of the indigenous peoples of California.