Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Maureen O'Hara
as Judy O'Brien

Louis Hayward
as Jimmy Harris

Lucille Ball
as Bubbles

Virginia Field
as Elinor Harris

Ralph Bellamy
as Steve Adams

Maria Ouspenskaya
as Madame Basilova

Mary Carlisle
as Sally

Katharine Alexander
as Miss Olmstead

Edward Brophy
as Dwarfie

Walter Abel
as Judge
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A really fun film that I found in my Maureen O'Hara TCM 4-pack that I highly recommend if you enjoy films from that era. I like the two films I've seen so far from Arzner, who was one of the earliest and most successful of female directors and I believe the first openly lesbian one--the other work I...