Paid to Dance
{{short description|1937 film by Charles C. Coleman}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Paid to Dance
| image =Paid-to-Dance-1937.jpg
| caption =Lobby card
| director = Charles C. Coleman
| producer = Ralph Cohn
| writer = Robert E. Kent
| story = Leslie T. White
| starring = Don Terry
Jacqueline Wells
| music = Morris Stoloff
| cinematography = George Meehan
| editing = Byron Robinson
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1937|12|11}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Paid to Dance (also known as Hard to Hold) is a 1937 American drama film starring Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells and Rita Hayworth.
Plot
Government agents William Dennis and Joan Bradley are undercover, working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" of the many dance halls operated by Jack Miranda and his henchman Nifty. Dennis sets himself up as a theatrical booking agent, and shows his power by the opening and closing of Miranda's Paradise Club at will.
Cast
- Don Terry as William Dennis{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=8391 |title=Paid to Dance |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=2015-10-22}}
- Jacqueline Wells as Joan Bradley
- Rita Hayworth as Betty Morgan
- Arthur Loft as Jack Miranda
- Paul Stanton as Charles Kennedy
- Paul Fix as Nifty
- Louise Stanley as Phyllis Parker
- Ralph Byrd as Nickels Brown
- Beatrice Curtis as Frances Mitchell
- Bess Flowers as Suzy
- Beatrice Blinn as Lois
- Jane Hamilton as Evelyn
- Dick Curtis as Mike Givens
- Al Herman as Joe Krause
- Thurston Hall as Governor
- John Gallaudet as Barney Wilson
- Horace MacMahon as LaRue
- George Lloyd as Sanders
- Ruth Hilliard as Ruth Gregory
- Ann Doran as Rose Tervor
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0029366}}
{{Charles C. Coleman}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Charles C. Coleman
Category:1930s English-language films
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