The Dancing Masters

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 3mApproved

ComedyRomance

⭐ 6.1

IMDB Rating

1,225 votes

Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.

Director

Malcolm St. Clair

Writers

Scott Darling, George Bricker

Stars

Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Trudy Marshall

Release Date

November 19, 1943

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Stan Laurel

as Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

as Oliver Hardy

Trudy Marshall

as Trudy Harlan

Robert Bailey

as Grant Lawrence

Matt Briggs

as Wentworth Harlan

Margaret Dumont

as Louise Harlan

Allan Lane

as George Worthing

Sam Ash

as Pianist

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Louis Bacigalupi

as Dental Patient

Brooks Benedict

as Sidewalk Barker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

1940smale camaraderieromantic rivalryfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Badly underrated film

by rbendernyc • 2007-01-17

7/10

"Up until Fox released these two three-disc sets of Laurel and Hardy's later films, I had only seen the three that had been previously available on video - and "The Dancing Masters" wasn't one of them. I have to say that as a life-long Laurel and Hardy fan I was very pleasantly surprised. Even taking the considerable negatives into account: rock-bottom production values, chop-shop editing, and an incoherent "narrative," it's downright astonishing to behold this pair so effortlessly mining genuine laughs from such old and cast-away material. From the "sa..."