So You Want to Learn to Dance

So You Want to Learn to Dance
Directed by	Richard Bare
Written by	Richard Bare
Story by	George O'Hanlon
Produced by	Gordon Hollingshead Richard Bare
Starring	George O'Hanlon
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Rex Steele
Music by	William Lava
Production company	Richard L. Bare Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 28, 1953 (1953-03-28)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

So You Want to Learn to Dance is a 1953 American black and white short comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Richard Bare.^[1] It stars George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes.^[2]

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Synopsis

Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office. At the dance, Joe is a social failure and makes many mistakes while dancing with his boss' wife. Joe goes to a dancing school and becomes a big success.

Cast

George O'Hanlon as Joe McDoakes
Steve Carruthers, James Gonzalez, Jack Mower, Suzanne Ridgway, Cosmo Sardo and Bert L. Stevens as Dance Attendees
Jesslyn Fax as Dance Instructress
Creighton Hale as Barber
Emory Parnell as George Blivens - Joe's Boss

In popular culture

A segment of the short, in particular including O'Hanlon and Ridgway, is featured in the 1990 Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Animaniacs!" (not to be confused with the similarly titled animated series that ran from 1993–98).

References

^ Drew, Bernard A. (4 December 2013). Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge. p. 174. ISBN 9781317928942.
^ Mavis, Paul (6 October 2009). "Warner Bros. Archive Collection: The Joe McDoakes Collection". DVD Talk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

External links

So You Want to Learn to Dance at IMDb

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Films	Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948) Flaxy Martin (1949) The House Across the Street (1949) Return of the Frontiersman (1950) This Side of the Law (1950) Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) Girl on the Run (1958) I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969) Wicked, Wicked (1973)
Film and television series	Joe McDoakes (1942–1956) So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953) The Twilight Zone "Third from the Sun" (1960) "The Purple Testament" (1960) "Nick of Time" (1960) "The Prime Mover" (1961) "To Serve Man" (1962) "The Fugitive" (1962) "What's in the Box" (1964) Green Acres (1965–1971)

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