Dancing Sweeties

Dancing Sweeties

MET AT NINE, DANCED AT TEN- KISSED AT ELEVEN- MARRIED AT TWELVE!

1930 · 62 min · ★ 6.2 · Romance, Comedy, Drama

Bill is a hot shot dancer who partners with Jazzbo, until he sees Molly at the dance. He enters the Waltz with Molly and wins first prize - and they wind up being married that same night. Now they are free of their parents nagging and their own bosses. 24 hours - no dancing as in-laws are visiting. 24 days - the Apartment is finished so off to the Hoffman's Parisian Dance Palace. Molly can only dance the Waltz and not the hot new jazz dance so she leaves and Bill follows. They are both unhappy, Bill has two left feet when it comes to romance.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Harry Fried

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Grant Withers Bill Cleaver
Sue Carol Molly O'Neil
Tully Marshall Pa Cleaver
Edna Murphy 'Jazzbo' Gans
Eddie Phillips Needles Thompson
Margaret Seddon Mrs. Cleaver
Sid Silvers Jerry Browne
Billy Bletcher Bud (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux Dance Hall Customer (uncredited)
Eddie Clayton Onions (uncredited)
Dora Dean Nellie O'Neil (uncredited)
James Pier Mason Tommy Evans (uncredited)

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