We Were Dancing (1942)
- Starring:
- Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Z. Leonard
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Strange but true: Norma Shearer turned down the title role in Mrs. Miniver to star instead in the insignificant trifle We Were Dancing. Loosely based on two Noel Coward playlets originally presented as part of the omnibus production Tonight at 8:30, the story concerns the romance between socialite Vicki Wilomirsky (Norma Shearer) and Nicki Prax (Melvyn Douglas), an impoverished baron who supports himself as a "professional guest." Nicki steals Vicki away from her stuffy attorney fiance Hubert Tyler (Lee Bowman), but their subsequent marriage comes to an end when Vicki spots Nicki in the arms of his ex-lover Linda Wayne (Gail Patrick). Returning to Tyler, Vicki is on the verge of a second marriage, when Nicki once again waltzes into her life?.and on and on it goes, where it will stop, nobody knows. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Norma Shearer - Vicki Wilomirsky
- Gail Patrick - Linda Wayne
- Marjorie Main - Judge Sidney Hawkes
- Alan Mowbray - Grand Duke Basil
- Heather Thatcher - Mrs. Tyler-Blane
- Dennis Hoey - Prince Wilomirsky
- Nella Walker - Mrs. Bentley
- Philip Ahn - Chinaman
- Gino Corrado - Headwaiter in Inn
- Alfred Hall - Butler
- Lionel Pape - Englishman
- Ottola Nesmith - Mrs. Quimby
- Harold Minjir - Beverly
- Anthony Marsh - Tommy Brooke
- Russell Hicks - Bryce-Carew
- Martin Turner - Red Cap
- Douglas Wood - Col. Sandys
- Pierre Watkin - Mr. Bentley
- Norma Varden - Mrs. Bryce-Carew
- Tim Ryan - Traffic Cop
- John Piffle - Dutchman
- Meeka Aldrich - Housemaid
- Jacques Vanaire - Beverly's Assistant
- Florence Shirley - Mrs. Charteris
- Henry Roquemore - Mr. Ransome
- Duncan Renaldo - Sam Estrella
- Herbert Rawlinson - Friend
- Thurston Hall - Sen. Quimby
- Mary Forbes - Mrs. Sandys
- Willy Castello - Felucci
- Polly Bailey - Flower Woman
- Melvyn Douglas - Nicki Prax
- Lee Bowman - Hubert Tyler
- Reginald Owen - Maj. Tyler-Blane
- Florence Bates - Mrs. Vanderlip
- Connie Gilchrist - Olive Ransome
- Sig Rumann - Baron Prax
- Alex Pollard - Ransome's Butler
- Barlowe Borland - McDonough
- Jean Fenwick - Girl
- Harry Hayden - Clerk
- Jessica Newcombe - Mrs. Platt
- Alan Napier - Capt. Blackstone
- Helene Millard - Mrs. Lambert
- John Holland
- Alex Callam - Clerk
- Bryant Washburn - Mr. Lambert
- Ian Wolfe - Reggie
- Emmett Vogan - Bailiff
- Charles Sullivan - Train Announcer
- John Buddy Williams - Red Cap
- Bill Fisher - Train Conductor
- Florence Wix - Sporting Woman
- Esther Michelson - Headwaiter's Wife
- Fred Santley - Clerk
- John Roche - Mr. Fox
- George H. Reed - Butler at Blane's House
- Paul Porcasi - Manager of Duquesne
- Ava Gardner - Bit Part
- Dick Elliott - Mr. Platt
- Richard Alexander - Moving Man
- Director(s):
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Writer(s):
- George Froeschel, Claudine West, Hans Rameau
- Producer(s):
- Orville O. Dull, Robert Z. Leonard
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