Romance! Spectacle! Music!
Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play the lead in the school's production of "Swan Lake." So on opening night, Meg arranges an accident which nearly kills Darina and ends her dancing career. As a result, Bouchet becomes a star, while Meg is torn with guilt. This is a remake of the 1937 French film "Ballerina", based on a short story by Paul Morand.
Henry Koster
Director
Myles Connolly
Writer
Margaret O'Brien
'Meg' Merlin
Cyd Charisse
Mlle. Ariane Bouchet
Karin Booth
La Darina
Danny Thomas
Mr. Paneros
Esther Dale
Olga
Thurston Hall
Mr. Ronsell
Harry Hayden
Murphy
Elinor Donahue
Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Connie Cornell
Phyllis
Take the Lead68%
Beyond the Sea62%
Too Late Blues63%
Yankee Doodle Dandy70%
Center Stage: On Pointe64%
Honeydripper58%
National Theatre Live: Hamlet75%
You Got Served63%
Grease Live71%
Bratz: Rock Angelz74%
They Made Me a Fugitive66%
Dance Academy: The Movie72%
The Day the Earth Caught Fire68%
A Chorus Line62%
The Fits63%
The Web71%
The Seventh Veil66%
Monster High: Boo York, Boo York77%
Paradise62%
The Nutcracker58%
