On Your Toes (1939)
In this musical, a composer abandons vaudeville in favor of the legitimate stage. He soon finds himself entangle with a Russian ballet company that contains his old childhood lover, but when the troupe mistake him for a traitor trouble ensues. Perhaps the film is most notable for Balanchine's choreography of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." Songs include: "There's a Small Hotel," "Quiet Night," "On Your Toes," "Princess Zenobia Ballet." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray Enright
Synopsis of On Your Toes
In this musical, a composer abandons vaudeville in favor of the legitimate stage. He soon finds himself entangle with a Russian ballet company that contains his old childhood lover, but when the troupe mistake him for a traitor trouble ensues. Perhaps the film is most notable for Balanchine's choreography of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." Songs include: "There's a Small Hotel," "Quiet Night," "On Your Toes," "Princess Zenobia Ballet." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of On Your Toes
- Vera Zorina - Vera
- Alan Hale - Sergei Alexandrovitch
- James Gleason - Phil Dolan, Sr.
- Gloria Dickson - Peggy Porterfield
- Erik Rhodes - Konstantin Morrisine
- Donald O'Connor - Phil as a boy
- Paul Hurst - Bartender
- Alex Melesh - Pavlov
- Eddie Albert - Phil Dolan, Jr.
- Frank McHugh - Paddy Reilly
- Leonid Kinskey - Ivan Boultonoff
- Queenie Smith - Mrs. Dolan
- Berton Churchill - Donald Henderson
- Irving Bacon - Vaudeville Stage Manager
- Sarita Wooton - Vera as a girl
- Director(s):
- Ray Enright
- Writer(s):
- Richard Rodgers, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner, Robert Lord
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