Dancing on a Dime 1940

Synopsis:

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.

Directed by: Joseph Santley
Written by: Allen Rivkin & Maurice Rapf & Anne Morrison Chapin
Runtime: 74 minutes
Tagline: IT'S A MUSICAL METEOR!
Cast:
Robert Paige
Robert Paige
Ted Brooks 
Peter Lind Hayes
Peter Lind Hayes
Dandy Joslyn 
Eddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan
Jack Norcross 
Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks
Phil Miller 
Grace McDonald
Grace McDonald
Lorie Fenton 
Virginia Dale
Virginia Dale
Dolly Stewart