Dancing Pirate( 1936)

TV-MAMusicAdventureComedy

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The first dancing musical in 100% new Technicolor

Overview

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

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Charles Collins
Jonathan Pride
Frank Morgan
Mayor Don Emilio Perena
Steffi Duna
Serafina Perena
Luis Alberni
Pamfilo (the Jailer)
Victor Varconi
Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
Rita Hayworth
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
Lt. Chago (Baltazar's Aide)
Alma Real
Blanca (Serafina's Maid)
William V. Mong
Tecolote (Old Indian)
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief
Julian Rivero
Shepherd
John Eberts
Mozo
Eduardo Cansino Jr.
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Landlady (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Sailor (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Bouncing Betty's Cook (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Orville's Mother (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
Miss Ponsonby (uncredited)
Pat Nixon
Dance-Class Student (uncredited)
Marjorie Reynolds
Dancer (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Pirate (uncredited)
Harold Waldridge
Orville (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Aug 09 2025

I didn’t hold out much hope for the swashbuckling elements of this when it starts with “Pride” (Charles Collins) quite literally squeezed into a pair of trousers offering dancing lessons to the Bostonian elite. He makes a decent enough living, but decides to travel to visit his family and it’s en route he finds his ship captured by nasty pirates who care little for his samba-ing! It’s touch and go as to whether or not he might walk the plank until he manages to escape when the ship docks for victuals and some piratical R&R! Quite quickly, and in no way plausibly, the local Governor (Frank Morga...