Dancing Pirate (1936)
Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
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Charles Collins as Jonathan Pride |
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Frank Morgan as Mayor Don Emilio Perena |
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Steffi Duna as Serafina Perena |
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Luis Alberni as Pamfilo (the Jailer) |
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Victor Varconi as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards) |
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Rita Hayworth as Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
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Jack La Rue as Lt. Chago (Baltazar's Aide) |
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Alma Real as Blanca (Serafina's Maid) |
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William V. Mong as Tecolote (Old Indian) |
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Mitchell Lewis as Pirate Chief |
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Julian Rivero as Shepherd |
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John Eberts as Mozo |
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Eduardo Cansino Jr. as Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
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Nora Cecil as Landlady (uncredited) |
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Jim Farley as Sailor (uncredited) |
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Cy Kendall as Bouncing Betty's Cook (uncredited) |
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Vera Lewis as Orville's Mother (uncredited) |
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Ellen Lowe as Miss Ponsonby (uncredited) |
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Pat Nixon as Dance-Class Student (uncredited) |
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Marjorie Reynolds as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Max Wagner as Pirate (uncredited) |
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Harold Waldridge as Orville (uncredited) |
| Writing | Lloyd Corrigan | Writer |
| Writing | Francis Edward Faragoh | Writer |
| Directing | Lloyd Corrigan | Director |
| Writing | Jack Wagner | Writer |
| Writing | Lorenz Hart | Lyricist |
| Sound | Richard Rodgers | Songs |
| Writing | Emma-Lindsay Squier | Story |
| Production | John Speaks | Producer |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Music |
| Writing | Ray Harris | Writer |
| Editing | Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Art | Wiard B. Ihnen | Art Direction |
| Camera | William V. Skall | Director of Photography |
| Production | Merian C. Cooper | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Boris Ingster | Adaptation |
| Sound | Oscar Lagerstrom | Sound |
| Crew | Russell Lewis | Choreographer |