A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Elinor Donahue
- Josie
- (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Gregory Gaye
- Jacques Lacoste
- (as Gregory Gay)
Lola Albright
- Fashion Model
- (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
- Wardrobe Woman
- (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
- Hairdresser
- (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
- Miss Morgan
- (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
- Gallagher
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Danny Thomas.
- GoofsWhen Meg is running out of the locker room right after the "accident", a moving shadow of the boom microphone and cable can be seen on a pillar in the background.
- Quotes
Title Card: Long before people sang, they danced. Out of their dancing grew a new world, strange and wonderful - the world of ballet. This is a story of that world, of those who dance, of those who love and of those who hate, and of one who loved too much.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bunheads: The Astronaut and the Ballerina (2013)
- SoundtracksExcerpts from 'Swan Lake'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Featured review
Did you know that this is a remake?
This movie is okay. A pleasant but saccharine MGM Technicolor musical film used as a vehicle for showing off beautiful Cyd Charisse's skills as a ballet dancer. But this film is actually a remake of a brilliant film, the truly thrilling "Ballerina" (aka "La Mort du cygne") a 1938 French film. This unforgettably romantic and atmospheric classic film about the price of art and ego starred the great dancers Yvonne Chauvire and Mia Slavenska along with a wonderful cast. The moody black and white photography vividly conjures the world of the Paris Opera House, both center stage and backstage. The film creates a world that is unforgettable.
If you liked "Unfinished Dance" don't miss the incredible original film.
"Unfinished" does have also have some interest for the rare glimpses of great dancers, George Zoritch among them, that it offers.
If you liked "Unfinished Dance" don't miss the incredible original film.
"Unfinished" does have also have some interest for the rare glimpses of great dancers, George Zoritch among them, that it offers.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ballerina
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,989,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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