Dames

When a multimillionaire with a disdain for Broadway decides his fortune can only be inherited by virtuous relatives, he visits his cousins to ensure they fit the bill. Little do they know, their daughter has just been cast in her stage debut! A delightful stage door comedy featuring many of Hollywood’s most talented singers/dancers like Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. But the real stars of the movie are the eight mesmerizing kaleidoscopic dance numbers shot with a bird’s eye view by legendary choreographer Busby Berkeley, including the iconic “I Only Have Eyes for You” number.

Print preserved by the Library of Congress. Presented in person by George Willeman, Nitrate Vault Leader at the LOC.

George Willeman’s work at the Library of Congress began in 1983 while still a student at Wright State University in Dayton, OH. After many years at the vaults in Dayton, George became the LOC Nitrate Film Vault Leader at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center Packard Campus in Culpeper, VA. George has worked on the restoration of two silent era features: RAMONA (1928), which was highlighted at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in May 2014, and THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI (1914), the only feature film to star the famous dancer Anna Pavlova. George and colleague Lynanne Schweighofer helped reconstruct more than fifty silent films for Kino Lorber’s PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FILMMAKERS set, which became one the most highly regarded Blu-ray sets of 2018.

Director Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley

Cast Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 1.37

More info on IMDB ››