Dime a Dance

Dime a Dance

18 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1937

June Allyson is a cashier in a dance hall and her friend Imogene Coca wants to get a job there as a dance hostess. June advises her she needs to first make herself attractive to men,and gives her a book on the subject. But Imogene, by mistake, picks up the wrong book and reads one on the art of jiu-jitsu. Imogene's first customer is a bashful sailor who gets turned every which way but loose. Hank Henry also appears as a sailor. All four performers had better things ahead of them although,in the case of comedian Hank Henry, not by much.

Dime a Dance

18 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1937

Dime a Dance
June Allyson is a cashier in a dance hall and her friend Imogene Coca wants to get a job there as a dance hostess. June advises her she needs to first make herself attractive to men,and gives her a book on the subject. But Imogene, by mistake, picks up the wrong book and reads one on the art of jiu-jitsu. Imogene's first customer is a bashful sailor who gets turned every which way but loose. Hank Henry also appears as a sailor. All four performers had better things ahead of them although,in the case of comedian Hank Henry, not by much.
Producers
Original title Dime a Dance
Directors Al Christie
Writers Marcy Klauber, Arthur L. Jarrett

Cast

Imogene Coca

as Esmeralda

Danny Kaye

as Eddie

June Allyson

as Harriet

Hank Henry

as Homer

Barry Sullivan

as Sailor