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!
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
The Royal Cansino Dancers
- Royal Cansinos
- (as Cansino Family)
Sam Appel
- Café Owner
- (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
- Bouncing Betty's Cook
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile 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 creditsThe 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 versionsSome prints of this film are not even in color, but in black-and-white, although the credits still say "Technicolor".
- SoundtracksWhen You're Dancing the Waltz
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Charles Collins (uncredited), Steffi Duna (uncredited) and chorus
Featured review
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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- smythe-5
- Apr 6, 2005
Details
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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