The best Dan Dailey’s romance movies

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

14/12/1913- 16/10/1978
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There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business
6.4/10
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

This Is the Army

This Is the Army
5.8/10
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 25/04/1941
  • Character: Jimmy Walters (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather
7/10
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas
6.1/10
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/07/1962
  • Character: Billy Campbell
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

What Price Glory

What Price Glory
6.1/10
Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/10/1940
  • Character: Bob Strong (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
A professional golfer who has become a businessman for his fiancee helps a vagrant get a job and ends up losing his own.

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door
6.4/10
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 18/09/1941
  • Character: Bill Pattison (as Dan Dailey, Jr.)
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch
5.7/10
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.

The Wild Man of Borneo

The Wild Man of Borneo
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 24/01/1941
  • Character: Ed LeMotte (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

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