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Dancing Pirate (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]
(Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Rita Hayworth, et al / Blu-ray / NR / (1936) 2022 / Film Detective – MVD Visual)

Overview: A dance teacher from Boston (Charles Collins) is tricked into joining a band of pirates, which leads to him being fitted for a noose in California.

He catches a break when the mayor’s daughter demands the hanging be postponed until he teaches her to waltz, but his problems are only beginning!

The Dancing Pirate (1936) received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction and was billed as The first dancing musical in 100% new Technicolor.

Blu-ray Verdict: With its reputation being a movie that most people would overlook, even if they had the chance to see it, the third feature film to be filmed in Technicolor, until now it only ever existed in a black-and-white public domain print.

But here now in fabulous technicolor, and for the very first time on Blu-ray, I have to fully admit that I found this movie to be a delightful old-fashioned style musical with a wisp of a plot that was apparently based on a true story.

Charles Collins, an English musical star is featured in the lead role, and he proves to be a competent actor as well as a terrific dancer. Steffi Duna was enchanting in the female leading role and there are several well-staged dance numbers set to beautiful Rodgers and Hart music.

One book of thought ponders that these songs, along with just about everything else in the movie walks the plank and yet I find the music, especially the lovely When You’re Dancing The Waltz to be simply beautiful.

Look for Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz) as the mayor keep a sharp eye out for Rita Hayworth (Gilda) as an unnamed specialty dancer! Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, this mix of comedy and rousing dance numbers was described by the Detroit Free Press as ... light, gay, and charming, which I guess still sums it up today. This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.37:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Audio Commentary and insert essay by author, Jennifer Churchill
Glorious Pioneers: The Birth of Technicolor - An interview with author/historian, David Pierce
Ambushed by Mediocrity: Remembering the Dancing Pirate - An interview with film producer/historian, Michael Schlessinger

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