The Unfinished Dance

Sep 19, 1947

1h 41m

★ 6.0

Romance! Spectacle! Music!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Unfinished Dance Trailers

Cast

'Meg' Merlin

Margaret O'Brien

Mlle. Ariane Bouchet

Cyd Charisse

La Darina

Karin Booth

Mr. Paneros

Danny Thomas

Olga

Esther Dale

Mr. Ronsell

Thurston Hall

Murphy

Harry Hayden

Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Elinor Donahue

Phyllis

Connie Cornell

Miss Merlin

Ruth Brady

Fred Carleton

Charles Bradstreet

With the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and conductor Brian Castles-Onion, a gritty set design, sumptuous bold costumes, stunning choreography, and the inestimable direction of Gale Edwards and Bizet's glorious opera is brought to life like never before in this second Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

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