The Dancing Masters
A lighthearted Laurel and Hardy comedy built around physical humor and the absurdity of two comedians running a ballet school.
The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited cameo role as a fraudulent insurance salesman.
Essence
Ensemble
Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Trudy Marshall
Trudy Harlan
Robert Bailey
Grant Lawrence
Matt Briggs
Wentworth Harlan
Margaret Dumont
Louise Harlan
Allan Lane
George Worthing
Brooks Benedict
Sidewalk Barker (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Jasper (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
Mickey Halligan (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Charley Rogers
Butler (uncredited)
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