Paid to Dance

Paid to Dance (also known as Hard to Hold) is a 1937 American drama film starring Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells and Rita Hayworth.

Plot

Government agents William Dennis and Joan Bradley are undercover, working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" of the many dance halls operated by Jack Miranda and his henchman Nifty. Dennis sets himself up as a theatrical booking agent, and shows his power by the opening and closing of Miranda's Paradise Club at will.

Cast

Don Terry as William Dennis

Jacqueline Wells as Joan Bradley

Rita Hayworth as Betty Morgan

Arthur Loft as Jack Miranda

Paul Stanton as Charles Kennedy

Paul Fix as Nifty

Louise Stanley as Phyllis Parker

Ralph Byrd as Nickels Brown

Beatrice Curtis as Frances Mitchell

Bess Flowers as Suzy

Beatrice Blinn as Lois

Jane Hamilton as Evelyn

Dick Curtis as Mike Givens

Al Herman as Joe Krause

Thurston Hall as Governor

John Gallaudet as Barney Wilson

Horace MacMahon as LaRue

George Lloyd as Sanders

Ruth Hilliard as Ruth Gregory

Ann Doran as Rose Tervor

References

External links

1937 drama films

1937 films

American black-and-white films

Columbia Pictures films

American drama films

Films directed by Charles C. Coleman

1930s English-language films

1930s American films