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Dance, Girl, Dance   1940         N/R, 88 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical Director: Dorothy Arzner   Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber, Ernest Truex, Chester Clute, Emma Dunn, Sidney Blackmer   Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) arrives in New York City planning to gain fame as a ballerina. As luck would have it, she gets a job working as a stooge for strip-tease dancer Bubbles (Lucille Ball) who dances a ballet as a lead-in to her strip show. The two women encounter problems when they both fall for playboy Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward), and physical fighting is used to determine who should have Jimmy. But that issue is settled after Jimmy's ex-wife (Virginia Field) decides to take him back. Cast Maureen O'Hara Judy O`Brien Louis Hayward Jimmy Harris Lucille Ball Bubbles Virginia Field Elinor Harris Ralph Bellamy Steve Adams Maria Ouspenskaya Madame Lydia Basilova Mary Carlisle Sally Katharine Alexander Miss Olmstead Edward Brophy Dwarfie Humblewinger Walter Abel Judge Harold Huber Hoboken Gent Ernest Truex Bailey No. 1 Chester Clute Bailey No. 2 Emma Dunn Mrs. Simpson Sidney Blackmer Puss in Boots