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Le danseur pirate

Original title: Dancing Pirate
  • 1936
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  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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Le danseur pirate (1936)
AdventureComedyMusicMusicalRomance

The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!

  • Director
    • Lloyd Corrigan
  • Writers
    • Ray Harris
    • Francis Edward Faragoh
    • Jack Wagner
  • Stars
    • Charles Collins
    • Frank Morgan
    • Steffi Duna
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    422
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lloyd Corrigan
    • Writers
      • Ray Harris
      • Francis Edward Faragoh
      • Jack Wagner
    • Stars
      • Charles Collins
      • Frank Morgan
      • Steffi Duna
    • 31User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Charles Collins
    Charles Collins
    • Jonathan Pride
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Alcalde
    Steffi Duna
    Steffi Duna
    • Serafina
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Pamfilo
    Victor Varconi
    Victor Varconi
    • Don Balthazar
    Jack La Rue
    Jack La Rue
    • Chago
    Alma Real
    • Blanca
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    • Tecolote
    Mitchell Lewis
    Mitchell Lewis
    • Pirate Chief
    Julian Rivero
    Julian Rivero
    • Shepherd
    John Eberts
    • Mozo
    The Royal Cansino Dancers
    • Royal Cansinos
    • (as Cansino Family)
    Sam Appel
    Sam Appel
    • Café Owner
    • (uncredited)
    Eduardo Cansino
    Eduardo Cansino
    • Specialty Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    • Landlady
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Farley
    Jim Farley
    • Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    Rita Hayworth
    Rita Hayworth
    • Specialty Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Cy Kendall
    Cy Kendall
    • Bouncing Betty's Cook
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lloyd Corrigan
    • Writers
      • Ray Harris
      • Francis Edward Faragoh
      • Jack Wagner
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews31

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    7springfieldrental

    Technicolor's First Three-Strip Color-Film Musical

    The impressive vivid colors produced by the three-strip system of Technicolor's first two feature films were beginning to perk the interest of Hollywood to the new technology. The third full-length motion picture to be released using the company's new film stock was May 1936's "Dancing Pirate," cinema's first feature film musical shot in that format.

    "It's incredible how far a picture can get on great color, good dancing, and solid jokes," described film reviewer Andrew Wickliffe on "Dancing Pirate." Critic James Harrison added at the time of its release, "'Dancing Pirate' is an amusing diversion and a treat for the eyes when the dazzling Technicolor lights up the screen. The dancing of all involved is as good and pleasurable as any major studio production." For years after its release, "Dancing Pirate" fell into obscurity, with only a cheap 16mm two-color Cinecolor process available. Then collector Wade Williams stepped forward with his private 35mm pristine copy. A restoration with 4K scan was performed, and the film, with Rita Hayworth, Pat Ryan (President Nixon's future wife), and Marjorie Reynolds appearing as three of the many dancers, was shown in a pristine print.

    Pioneer Pictures, a subsidiary of RKO Pictures and producers of the first three-strip Technicolor feature film, 1935 "Becky Sharp," was responsible for "Dancing Pirate." Adapted from Emma-Lindsay Squier's 1930 Colliers Magazine story 'Glorious Buccaneer,' the movie centers around Jonathan Pride (Charles Collins), a Boston dance instructor in 1920 who is captured by pirates and sails to California as a slave. He escapes to a small coastal town where he is to be hanged for piracy. Serafina (Steffi Duna), daughter to the mayor (Frank Morgan), intercedes shortly before his execution with the stipulation Jonathan teaches her and her friends how to waltz.

    Collins was a Broadway performer who had done film work since 1932, but "Dancing Pirate" was his biggest role yet. Married to dancer/actress Dorothy Stone, Collins had appeared in several films, live plays and a nightclub act with his wife. He never reached the top tier of actors mainly because most felt he was too tall and lean. Collins last appeared in the 1984 TV show 'The Master,' where his character reminisces about his audition for "Dancing Pirate." He died in 1999 at age 95.
    jackclements

    A childhood memory

    I saw this movie when I was five years old and never heard of it again. All I could remember was the fellow dancing with a noose around his neck. Looked for it for years, then saw it, just in the past year, in a bin as a Rita Hayworth movie. Thanks to the generic title I recognized it right away. There won't be many comments on this one, as it's virtually unknown, but I've looked at it twice and it brings back a memory of a movie I loved so much as a child, though nothing came back to me except the mentioned dancing scene. It's offbeat, in terrific color and I think enjoyable . Did anybody ever hear of the dancer who played the title role again?
    6boblipton

    Third Technicolor Feature

    Boston dance teacher Charles Collins is shangaied by pirates. He escapes from them in Spanish California, where he is about to be hanged by Alcalde Frank Morgan (!). Morgan's daughter, Steffi Duna saves him on condition he will teach her the waltz. While this is going on, renegade captain Victor Varconi marches in with his troops. He plans to marry Miss Duna, receiving a dowry of hundreds of thousands of acres and tens of thousands of cattle.

    Although I looked at a black&white copy, this was the third feature shot in 3-strip Technicolor, and the costuming betokens this. The story is silly and conventional for the era, and there are plenty of skilled farceurs in the cast, including Luis Alberni, with one immense production number feature Eduardo Cansino -- Rita Hayworth's father -- and his dance troupe. As an actor, Collins is a good dancer. He was born in 1904, and married dance partner Dorothy Stone, with whom he appeared in several Broadway musicals through 1945. His movie career was limited. Another film lead was his in 1944, but he appeared in a total of a dozen shorts and features from 1932 through being part of the chorus in THE WIZ. He died in 1999.
    5bkoganbing

    Would have been better with Fred Astaire

    The Dancing Pirate which was released by RKO in 1936 was one of the last films done with an original score by Rodgers&Hart. They would be moving back to Broadway and had a string of hit musicals only interrupted by Larry Hart's death in 1943.

    As this was an RKO film watching it now it was fairly obvious that this film was created with Fred Astaire in mind for the lead. Had Astaire done it The Dancing Pirate might be better remembered. Certainly the two songs done by Dick and Larry aren't among the most memorable. In fact the best number in the film is a dance by lead Charles Collins to Yankee Doodle Dandy that had Astaire written all over it.

    In fact the main weakness of the film is Collins. A good dancer, Collins had a screen presence that was colorless, odorless, and tasteless. He plays a Boston dancing teacher who gets shanghaied by pirates and escapes the first chance he can when they put in to California for provisions.

    Still ruled by Spain, the local Alcalde is Frank Morgan at his decisiveless best. Morgan on loan from MGM is the best thing about The Dancing Pirate.

    Collins is sad to say guilty by association and the men want to hang him, but the women want to learn to dance so he's in legal limbo of sorts.

    He also has competition for the hand of Morgan's daughter Steffi Duna in the person of Captain Victor Varconi from Monterey at the head of a platoon of dragoons ostensibly there to protect the village from pirates. But Varconi has his own plans, Snidely Whiplash type plans.

    The Dancing Pirate won an Oscar nomination for the now defunct category of dance direction. I long for the day when musicals of all kinds were being churned out and a category like dance direction was warranted. Speaking of dancing Rita Hayworth is in this film as part of her family troupe of Spanish dancers, The Dancing Cansinos.

    The Dancing Pirate is an amusing enough film, but it really needed Fred Astaire to put it over.
    8smythe-5

    I Recommend It

    I would have liked the movie even more, I'm sure, if I'd seen the color version. Unfortunately, the only version I could find was the black-and-white, which I purchased out of curiosity from a bin of one dollar DVDs at Wal-Mart. Anyhow, "The Dancing Pirate" is certainly no masterpiece, but it's hard to dislike this movie. It's harmless, goofy, sort-of-weird entertainment (just about what you'd expect from the title), and the main character is a likable guy. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't actually contain any dancing pirates (the main character, "a dancing master," is mistaken for a pirate), but the dancing it does contain ain't bad. If you're the type of person who'd consider buying a movie called "The Dancing Pirate" from a bin of one dollar DVDs at Wal-Mart, you'll like this movie, as did I.

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    • Trivia
      While this was the third feature film released in 3-strip Technicolor, it was, for a long time, thought to no longer exist in that form. Only incomplete 35mm negatives were known to survive, plus 16mm prints struck in the two-color Cinecolor process. However, in 2015, a complete 35mm nitrate Technicolor print was discovered, leading to a 2022 home video release on DVD and Blu-ray.
    • Crazy credits
      The following is included in the opening crew credits, in an era when color was still relatively unused in filming and Technicolor was becoming in vogue: "Designed in Color by Robert Edmond Jones"
    • Alternate versions
      Some prints of this film are not even in color, but in black-and-white, although the credits still say "Technicolor".
    • Soundtracks
      When You're Dancing the Waltz
      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Lyrics by Lorenz Hart

      Performed by Charles Collins (uncredited), Steffi Duna (uncredited) and chorus

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    • Release date
      • August 28, 1936 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Dancing Pirate
    • Filming locations
      • RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Pioneer Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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