

Dancing Pirate
The first dancing musical in 100% new Technicolor
Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- dance
- ship
- sword
- dictator
- kiss
- teacher
- pirate
- singing
- soldier
- love interest
- swashbuckler
- tyrant
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical22 May 1936
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU25 May 1936
RussiaSU
- Theatrical24 Apr 1955
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Dancing Pirate was released on 22 May 1936.
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CinemaSerf
8/9/2025
I didn’t hold out much hope for the swashbuckling elements of this when it starts with “Pride” (Charles Collins) quite literally squeezed into a pair of trousers offering dancing lessons to the Bostonian elite. He makes a decent enough living, but decides to travel to visit his family and it’s en route he finds his ship captured by nasty pirates who care little for his samba-ing! It’s touch and go as to whether or no…
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