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Dancing Pirate

The first dancing musical in 100% new Technicolor
May 22, 1936 · 1h 23m
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Music
Adventure
Comedy

PLOT

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

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CAST

Charles Collins
Jonathan Pride
Frank Morgan
Mayor Don Emilio Perena
Steffi Duna
Serafina Perena
Luis Alberni
Pamfilo (the Jailer)
Victor Varconi
Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
Rita Hayworth
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
Lt. Chago (Baltazar's Aide)
Alma Real
Blanca (Serafina's Maid)
Directed by Lloyd Corrigan

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Pioneer Pictures Corporation, Pioneer
Country
US

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Camp Rock
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Dance of the Dead
2008
Strangers with Candy
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
2006
White Christmas
1954
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