The Dance of Life

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.

Cast

Hal Skelly

as Ralph 'Skid' Johnson

Nancy Carroll

as Bonny Lee King

Dorothy Revier

as Sylvia Marco

Ralph Theodore

as Harvey Howell

Charles D. Brown

as Lefty Miller

Al St. John

as Bozo

May Boley

as Gussie

Oscar Levant

as Jerry Evans

Gladys DuBois

as Miss Sherman

James Quinn

as Jimmy

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