On Your Toes

Oct 14 1939 Approved 1h 34m
Comedy, Music

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

Plot

Junior Donal, an ex-vaudevillian now teaching music at Knickerbocker University in New York, enlists to help of patroness Peggy Portefield to persuade Sergei Alexandrovich, the director of the Russian Ballet, to stage a friend's jazzy "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet. Junior becomes involved with the company's prima ballerina, Vera Barnova, and even takes over the male lead in "Slaughter". This so enrages Vera's lover and regular dancing partner that he hires two thugs to kill Junior while he is performing on stage.

Written by

Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Sig Herzig

Directed by

Ray Enright

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
231
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA