{{Short description|1931 British film by Anthony Asquith}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = Dance Pretty Lady | image = | caption = | director = Anthony Asquith | producer = Harry Bruce Woolfe | writer = Anthony Asquith | based_on = {{Based on|''Carnival''|Compton Mackenzie}} | narrator = | starring = Ann Casson <br> Carl Harbord <br> Moore Marriott | music = John Reynders | cinematography = Jack Parker | editing = | studio = British Instructional Films | distributor = Wardour Films | released = {{Film date|1931|12|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 64 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English }}
'''''Dance Pretty Lady''''' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ann Casson, Carl Harbord, Michael Hogan, Moore Marriott and Flora Robson. It was based on the 1912 novel ''Carnival'' by Compton Mackenzie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/dance-pretty-lady-v88494|title=Dance Pretty Lady (1932) - Anthony Asquith - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Craig Butler|work=AllMovie}}</ref> The novel was subsequently remade as a 1946 film ''Carnival''.
==Plot== During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30550/?availableLicense=yes |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | DANCE PRETTY LADY (1932) |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012031626/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30550/?availableLicense=yes |archive-date=12 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Cast== * Ann Casson as Jenny Pearl * Carl Harbord as Maurice Avery * Michael Hogan as Castleton * Moore Marriott as Mr. Raeburn * Flora Robson as Mrs. Raeburn * Leonard Brett as Alf * Norman Claridge as Jack Danby * Sunday Wilshin as Irene * René Ray as Elsie * Eva Llewellyn as Aunt Mabel * Marie Rambert Dancers as Dancers * Wendy Toye as Dancer * Alban Conway * Hermione Gingold
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0022797}} {{Anthony Asquith}} {{Compton Mackenzie}}
Category:1931 films Category:Films directed by Anthony Asquith Category:Films set in the 1900s Category:British historical drama films Category:1930s historical drama films Category:Films set in London Category:British black-and-white films Category:1931 drama films Category:1931 English-language films Category:1931 British films Category:Films scored by John Reynders Category:English-language historical drama films
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