The Unfinished Dance

1947
Approved
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

517

YOUR RATING

Margaret O'Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947)

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Comedy Drama Musical

A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

517

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Josie
(as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Connie Cornell

Phyllis

Ruth Brady

Miss Merlin

Charles Bradstreet

Fred Carleton

Ann Codee

Mme. Borodin

Gregory Gaye

Jacques Lacoste
(as Gregory Gay)

Lola Albright

Fashion Model
(uncredited)

Polly Bailey

Wardrobe Woman
(uncredited)

Margaret Bert

Hairdresser
(uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Miss Morgan
(uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

Gallagher
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Koster
Writers
- Paul Morand
- Myles Connolly
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Film debut of Danny Thomas.

Goofs
When Meg is running out of the locker room right after the "accident", a moving shadow of the boom microphone and cable can be seen on a pillar in the background.

Quotes
Title Card: Long before people sang, they danced. Out of their dancing grew a new world, strange and wonderful - the world of ballet. This is a story of that world, of those who dance, of those who love and of those who hate, and of one who loved too much.

Connections
Referenced in Bunheads: The Astronaut and the Ballerina (2013)

Soundtracks
Excerpts from 'Swan Lake'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Featured review

A movie that changed my life.

I am a grandma now, but as a five year old, I viewed this movie in a very small town theater. After I saw this movie with a five year old's eyes, I not only wanted to be a ballerina, but I wanted to be Margaret O'Brien. Not being able to have dance lessons, I danced on my own. My aunt made me a beautiful outfit, and I was in heaven. Now, move ahead 20 years. I have a daughter who wanted to dance, and of course I sent her for lessons. She is now a very successful, and talented dance teacher. I would love for her to see this movie, but I don't know where, or how to get it. This movie has not only been an influence on one generation, but on two. I wish there were more movies of this calaber. Simple, but oh so good.