Dance Band

Dance Band
U.S. theatrical poster
Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	Denis Waldock Roger Burford Jack Davies
Starring	Charles 'Buddy' Rogers June Clyde
Music by	Harry Acres (musical director)
Cinematography	Bryan Langley
Edited by	Sidney Cole
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films (UK)
Release dates	29 May 1935 (London) (UK)
Running time	75 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Dance Band is a 1935 British musical film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, June Clyde and Steven Geray.^[1]

Plot

When dance band leader Buddy Milton (Charles 'Buddy' Rogers) competes in a contest with a female orchestra, he falls in love with its leader, Pat Shelley (June Clyde). Intense rivalry between the two bands and the machinations of a crooked business manager (Fred Duprez), serve as romantic obstacles along the way.

Cast

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers - Buddy Milton
June Clyde - Pat Shelley
Steven Geray - Steve Sarel
Magda Kun - Anna
Fred Duprez - Lewis
Albert Whelan - Tommy Bourne
Sybil Jason - Little Girl On Train
Hal Gordon - Spike
Fred Groves - Pantomime Act
Leon Sherkot - Jim
Richard Hearne - Acrobatic Drunk
Jack Holland - Dancer at Club
June Hart - Dancer at Club

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, "In "Dance Band," the new film at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn, Charles (Buddy) Rogers resumes the boyish smile and mannerisms that he employed so successfully a few years ago. Rather more successful as a musician than as a romantic actor, he displays his versatility by playing almost every instrument in his jazz orchestra with skill. The story concerns two rival band leaders, Mr. Rogers and June Clyde, who meet under amusing if rather shopworn circumstances...The music, except for an excellent number called the Valparaiso, is commonplace." ^[2]

References

External links

Dance Band at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Marcel Varnel

The Silent Witness (1932)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
Infernal Machine (1933)
Freedom of the Seas (1934)
Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Dance Band (1935)
The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)
No Monkey Business (1935)
All In (1936)
Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
Good Morning, Boys (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
Convict 99 (1938)
Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
Old Bones of the River (1938)
Ask a Policeman (1939)
The Frozen Limits (1939)
Where's That Fire? (1940)
O-Kay for Sound (1940)
Band Waggon (1940)
Let George Do It! (1940)
Neutral Port (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
I Thank You (1941)
South American George (1941)
Hi Gang! (1941)
Much Too Shy (1942)
King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)
Get Cracking (1943)
He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
I Didn't Do It (1945)
George in Civvy Street (1946)
This Man Is Mine (1946)

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