Daniel Dare

Birth : 1905-03-20, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1996-11-20

History

Danny Dare started as actor on the stage in New York in the 1920s and became dance director in 1929, his works include Sweet Adelaide and Crazy Quilt. He also wrote vaudeville sketches and produced them. Since 1935 he was working as choreographer in Hollywood, his best remembered work is Holiday Inn (1942). Since 1945 he was also producer.

Movies

Road to Bali
Producer
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.
Isn't It Romantic?
Producer
Three sisters find romance in post-Civil War Indiana.
Road to Rio
Producer
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
Variety Girl
Producer
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
My Favorite Brunette
Producer
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.
Ladies' Man
Producer
A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Producer
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.
Kitty
Choreographer
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Duffy's Tavern
Associate Producer
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Panama Hattie
Choreographer
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Ziegfeld Girl
Choreographer
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.
The Main Event
Director
FBI agent Mac Richards takes his girlfriend, Helen Phillips, to a world championship boxing match only to learn that the event has been canceled because the titleholder has been kidnapped. Mac is entrusted with the ransom money, but the kidnappers discover that his fellow agents have surrounded the train station locker where the money was to be dropped and order the champ's manager to have the money delivered by an usher to a different location. With Helen disguised as the usher and Mac driving a cab, the pair set off to deliver the money. The gang isn't taking any chances, though - they waylay the cab and take both the ransom money and Helen to their hideout. Now Mac and his fellow agents must rescue both the champ and his sweetheart before they come to harm.
Over the Counter
Choreographer
In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.
Such Men Are Dangerous
Choreographer
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.