So You Want to Learn to Dance
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Directed byRichard Bare
Written byRichard Bare
Story byGeorge O'Hanlon
Produced byGordon Hollingshead
Richard Bare
Richard Bare
| So You Want to Learn to Dance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Richard Bare |
| Written by | Richard Bare |
| Story by | George O'Hanlon |
| Produced by | Gordon Hollingshead Richard Bare |
| Starring | George O'Hanlon |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Rex Steele |
| Music by | William Lava |
Production company | Richard L. Bare Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
So You Want to Learn to Dance is a 1953 American black-and-white short comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Richard Bare.[1] It stars George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes.[2]
Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office. At the dance, Joe is a social failure and makes many mistakes while dancing with his boss' wife. Joe goes to a dancing school and becomes a big success.
Cast
- George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes
- Steve Carruthers, James Gonzalez, Jack Mower, Suzanne Ridgway, Cosmo Sardo and Bert L. Stevens as Dance Attendees
- Jesslyn Fax as Dance Instructress
- Creighton Hale as Barber
- Emory Parnell as George Blivens - Joe's Boss