Dames

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Dames
The DVD cover.
Directed by	Ray Enright Busby Berkeley
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Robert Lord Delmer Daves
Starring	Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Joan Blondell
Music by	Harry Warren Al Dubin
Cinematography	George Barnes Sidney Hickox Sol Polito
Editing by	Harold McLernon
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Vitaphone
Release date(s)	August 16, 1934
Running time	91 min.
Country	US
Language	English
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Dames is a 1934 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Joan Blondell. Production numbers and songs include "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)", "The Girl at the Ironing Board", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Dames" and "Try to See It My Way".

[edit] Plot

Multi-millionaire Ezra Ounce, who's main cause in life is to start a national morality campaign, wants to be assured his fortune will be inherited by upstanding relatives, so he visits his cousin, Matilda Hemingway. What Ounce really finds offensive are musical comedy shows and the people who put them on, and it just so happens that Matilda's daughter, Barbara is dancer and singer, and is in love with a struggling showman, Jimmy Higgens.

Matilda's husband, Horace, becomes involved in the musical troupe after he meets a showgirl named Mabel. He gives her some money and a his business card with a not telling her to not mention their meeting to anyone. But when Mabel discovers that Horace is Barbara's father, she decides to blackmail Horace for more money to back Jimmy's show.