Dancing Feet

Debutante Joan Marsh quarrels with grandfather Purnell Pratt and runs away to marry Ben Lyon, but he's not interested until she inherits. She becomes a taxi dancer and rooms with Isobel Jewel. Meanwhile, good-hearted Edward Nugent bails her out. He's studying to be a song-and-dance man.

The first half of this movie is pretty good, although Nugent's voice types him as a mug. He's fine while he's dancing, but not so good with his line readings, and his singing is mediocre. It appears that the script had problems, and even Miss Jewel's wisecracking becomes weak and a bit stagy as the final few reels unroll. Director Joseph Santley does what he can with some interesting compositions, but even Jack Marta's and Ernest Miller's camerawork cannot hide the flaws in this standard if ambitious Republic musical. It's never bad, but I spent long periods waiting for the next dance number.