Lady, Let's Dance
US (1944): Musical
Monogram was the lowest of the lowly studios, a rung below Republic, and they turned out barely acceptable films more reminiscent of early talkies or early television in their low budget sets and entry-grade cinematography and editing techniques. This is one of those low budget nothings - the plot is hackneyed in the extreme.
War refugee Belita ("The Ice Queen"), who just happens to be adept at every sort of dancing you can name, is a waitress who is selected by our leading man (James Ellison) to turn into a dancer when his show's prima donna walks out. Well, he makes her a star but they are separated through a misunderstanding when a letter gone astray makes him think she has forgotten him. He enlists and she finds him in the end in a wheelchair as they reconcile.
Along the way we see her do fancy ballroom specialty dancing, ballet and finally ice dancing. She is okay but nothing special. It was the third of her ten films (she plays under her own name here) and she never seems to have made much of an impression on audiences. The film also features comedy ice skating team, Frick and Frack. Frank Woodruff directs a cast that includes James Ellison, Walter Catlett and Lucien Littlefield. (Arne Andersen, IMDb)
2 nominations
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: Edward Kay
· Music (Best Song) 1944: "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" Lew Pollack - Music, Charles Newman - Lyric