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Plot summary
At the Lonely Hearts Club, sailor Ted Barker meets Nora Paige and falls for her at once. The club's owner is Jenny Saks, whose husband Gunny serves with Ted. Aboard a submarine during a publicity tour, Ted meets the Broadway star Lucy James; when her Pekingese goes overboard he rescues it, and Lucy falls for him as well. Captain Dingby orders Ted to meet Lucy at a nightclub on the same evening he had arranged to see Nora. Nora, who lives with Jenny and Jenny's daughter Sally, is trying to become a Broadway dancer. Her chances suffer when she comes between Lucy and Lucy's boss McKay.
Cast
- Georgesas Himself
- Jalnaas Herself
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- J. Marshall Smithas Member of The Foursome
- L. Dwight Snyderas Member of The Foursome
- Jay Johnsonas Member of The Foursome
- Del Porteras Member of The Foursome
- Jean Ashtonas Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Born to Dance (1936)
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- A part was written into Born to Dance for Judy Garland in 1936, and Cole Porter wrote in his diary that writing for a film featuring Garland was his "great Joy"; the part was written out before Garland did any work on it.
- Born to Dance introduced the Cole Porter standards "You'd Be So Easy to Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin", and was the first film in which James Stewart sang.
- Some of Born to Dance's musical numbers were recorded in stereophonic sound, making it one of the first films to use multi-channel technology.
- The film's Depression-era naval finale, which runs nearly 10 minutes and ends in a blast of cannon fire, was lifted in its entirety and re-used in Eleanor Powell's later film I Dood It, co-starring Red Skelton.
