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Crawford, Gable, Tone, and Benchley!

Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: movies, Robert Benchley

Good news from our friends at the Robert Benchley Society:

Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, and Robert Benchley in "Dancing Lady" available now on DVD

Watch for:

--Joan Crawford in a rare dancing role;

--Ted Healy and His Stooges presenting their physical humor in the same film with the dry wit of Robert Benchley (it's so early a Stooges appearance that Curly is still being billed by his real name -- Jerry);

--Film debut of Fred Astaire;

--File debut of Nelson Eddy;

--Early (uncredited) appearance by Eve Arden; and

--Grand musical finale with sets and choreography that MGM will recycle later in the decade for the Emerald City scenes in The Wizard of Oz.

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Thankyou kindly on that information on Dancing Lady. I ordered the DVD yesterday.You've really got a coll sight here, do you know that?All the best,Tom DeganGoshen, NY

Tom Degan's Daily RantJuly 29, 2006

I meant to say that you have a "cool site" here. I REALLY have got to stop posting these things so early in the morning.Tom

Tom Degan's Daily RantJuly 29, 2006

Hey, thanks, and actually it's a Coll site too!

EmdashesJuly 29, 2006

All my jokes are like that, I'm afraid.

EmdashesJuly 29, 2006

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