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We Were Dancing (film)
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Wikipedia article
'We Were Dancing' is a 1942 MGM romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Claudine West, Hans Rameau and George Froeschel, and starring Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.Day, Barry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NcWXWrEM_LsC&pg=PA36 "'We Were Dancing' (1942)"], 'Coward on Film: The Cinema of Nol Coward', Scarecrow Press (2005), pp. 3637 Landazuri, Margarita. [http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/118131|0/We-Were-Dancing.html 'We Were Dancing'], TCM.com, accessed 16 September 2014 It is based loosely on Nol Coward's 1935 play of the same name, together with ideas from 'Ways and Means', another play in Coward's 'Tonight at 8.30' play cycle, and Coward's 'Private Lives'.
Plot
Vicki Wilomirska (Norma Shearer), an impoverished Polish princess, falls madly in love while dancing with the charming but penniless Austrian baron Nicki Prax (Melvyn Douglas). She ends her engagement to wealthy lawyer Hubert Tyler (Lee Bowman). They marry secretly, but are exposed by one of Nicki's ex-girlfriends, decorator Linda Wayne (Gail Patrick). The two support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of American nouveau riche, who are impressed by Old World aristocracy. Eventually Nicki decides to do the unthinkable and get a job. Linda pursues Nicki, and Vicki, brokenhearted, sues for divorce. Hubert represents Vicki in the case, and despite Nicki's tender declaration of his love, the teary judge grants the divorce.
When Nicki returns from South America, Linda asks him to see her. At her office, he learns that Vicki and Hubert are engaged. He persuades Linda to help him get a job with her competitor, who is decorating the new house that Hubert is building for his fiancee. He begins by behaving professionally, but eventually confesses that he loves only Vicki. She tells him that he is too late. At the fancy betrothal party for Hubert and Vicki, Nicki comes to say goodbye. They dance to the same waltz that had ignited their passion when they first met, and the magic returns. They elope once more.
Cast
* Norma Shearer as Vicki Wilomirska
* Melvyn Douglas as Nicki Prax
* Gail Patrick as Linda Wayne
* Lee Bowman as Hubert Tyler
* Marjorie Main as Judge Sidney Hawkes
* Reginald Owen as Major Tyler-Blane
* Alan Mowbray as Grand Duke Basil
* Florence Bates as Mrs. Vanderlip
* Heather Thatcher as Mrs. Tyler-Blane
* Connie Gilchrist as Olive Ransome
* Nella Walker as Mrs. Janet Bentley
* Adriana Caselotti as Singer
* Florence Shirley as Mrs. Charteris
File:Norma Shearer in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Norma Shearer
File:Melvyn Douglas in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Melvyn Douglas
File:Gail Patrick in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Gail Patrick
File:Lee Bowman in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Lee Bowman
File:Marjorie Main in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Marjorie Main
File:Reginald Owen in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Reginald Owen
File:Alan Mowbray in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg|Alan Mowbray
Reception
According to MGM records the film made $581,000 in the US and Canada and $498,000 elsewhere, making the studio a loss of $409,000.
References
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