Dance, Girl, Dance

6.4
Overview
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Review (1)
talisencrw (Rated: 8)
A really fun film that I found in my Maureen O'Hara TCM 4-pack that I highly recommend if you enjoy films from that era. I like the two films I've seen so far from Arzner, who was one of the earliest and most successful of female directors and I believe the first openly lesbian one--the other work I...
Recommendation & Similar
The Red Shoes (1948)
Somewhere (2010)
Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone (2022)
Sadie McKee (1934)
The Age of Adaline (2015)
Lady Bird (2017)
Barbie (2023)
Knives Out (2019)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Interstellar (2014)
Forrest Gump (1994)
La La Land (2016)
Jaws (1975)
Titanic (1997)
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)