The Dancing Masters

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Oliver Hardy, Robert Bailey, Stan Laurel, and Trudy Marshall in The Dancing Masters (1943)

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Slapstick Comedy Romance

Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.

Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Scott Darling
- George Bricker
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Scott Darling
- George Bricker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Pianist
(uncredited)

Louis Bacigalupi

Dental Patient
(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Sidewalk Barker
(uncredited)

Ruth Brady

Secretary
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Bus Passenger
(uncredited)

Chick Collins

Bus Driver
(uncredited)

Betty Danko

Bus driver
(uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Cop Who Slips on Banana Peel
(uncredited)

Edward Earle

Clerk at Airport
(uncredited)

William Haade

Truck Driver
(uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Dentist
(uncredited)

Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Scott Darling
- George Bricker
All cast & crew
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Trivia
A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited bit part as a fraudulent insurance salesman.

Goofs
When the bricks begin to rhythmically hit Hardy on the head, the sound effect can be heard prior to the bricks making contact.

Quotes
Trudy Harlan: You boys believe that Grant has a great future as an inventor, don't you?
Oliver Hardy: Well, I believe that Grant'll be an inventor of the first rank.
Stan Laurel: What's rank?
Oliver Hardy: You are! SHUT UP!

Connections
Featured in Living Famously: Laurel & Hardy (2003)

Soundtracks
Loin de bal (Echoes of the Ball)
(1888) (uncredited)
Written by Ernest Gillet
Played at the dancing school

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5/10

Though generally regarded as one of their weakest films, this has a fair quota of laughs.

Though generally regarded as one of their weakest films, this has a fair quota of laughs. Stan's "dancing" at the beginning is amusing and Robert Mitchum has a good cameo "selling" the boys insurance. Best scene is where they try to hide from Margaret Dumont, eventually launching her husband into the swimming pool.