Dames (1934)
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70% of users liked it
(448 ratings)
As the title song says, you go to those shows to see those beautiful dames--and there's dames aplenty in this 1934 Busby Berkeley extravaganza. The wisp of a plot is motivated by one Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert), a silly millionaire who spearheads a national anti-fun movement. Ounce's distant… More As the title song says, you go to those shows to see those beautiful dames--and there's dames aplenty in this 1934 Busby Berkeley extravaganza. The wisp of a plot is motivated by one Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert), a silly millionaire who spearheads a national anti-fun movement. Ounce's distant cousin Dick Powell is a producer of musical comedies. Ounce's partner is Guy Kibbee, whose daughter is Ruby Keeler. Kibbee is also the "sugar daddy" of Joan Blondell, Powell's friend and co-worker. Fill in the rest of the blanks yourself. If the plot doesn't interest you (and there's no reason why it should), sit back and enjoy the humongous production numbers based on the Warren/Dubin songs "I Only Have Eyes for You", "The Girl on the Ironing Board", and of course the title number. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ray Enright, Arthur Aylesworth
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1934 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Spectacular black-and-white eye-catching numbers.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
The most Berkeleyesque of all [his films], for all the good and bad that entails.
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Cast
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Joan Blondell
as Mabel Anderson
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Dick Powell
as Jimmy Higgens
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Ruby Keeler
as Barbara Hemingway
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Zasu Pitts
as Mathilda Hemingway
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Guy Kibbee
as Horace P. Hemingway
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Hugh Herbert
as Ezra Ounce
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Arthur Vinton
as Bulger
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Sammy Fain
as Buttercup Baumer
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Phil Regan
as Johnny Harris
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Arthur Ayleswofth
as Conductor
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Leila Bennett
as Laura the Maid
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Berton Churchill
as H. Ellsworthy Todd
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Johnny Arthur
as Billings the Secretary
- Robert H. Barrat
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Eddy Chandler
as Guard
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Frank Darien
as Druggist
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Lester Dorr
as Elevator Starter
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Harry Holman
as Spanish War Veteran
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Eddie Kane
as Harry the Stage Manager
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Phil Tead
as Reporter
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Porter
- Busby Berkeley
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Patricia Harper
as Chorus Girl
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Charles Williams
as Dance Director
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Diane Douglas
as Chorus Girl
- Arthur Aylesworth
