Dames at Sea
“A heartfelt parody of 1930s movie musicals.”
1971•1h 0m•7.0•Released
MusicComedyTV Movie
Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."
Director
Martin Charnin
Languages
English
Studio
NBC Productions
Cast
Ann-Margret
Ruby
Harvey Evans
Dick
Fred Gwynne
Hennesy
Anne Meara
Joan
Ann Miller
Mona
Dick Shawn
Lucky
Eileen Casey
The Kids
Production
Company
NBC Productions
Producer
Joseph Cates
Recommended
6.6
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
2018
6.6
Godspell
1973
6.3
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
2010
6
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
7.3
iParty with Victorious
2011
6.4
Chris Rock: Tamborine
2018
6.9
Oh, Hello on Broadway
2017
7.2
The Muppet Show
2026
5.8
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
2020
6.7
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
7.2
Psych: The Movie
2017
7.2
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
7
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
6.5
Better Nate Than Ever
2022
7.8
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
2010
7.1
Blue's Big City Adventure
2022
7
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025
5.9
Sneakerella
2022
7.2
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
2025
6.5
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
Similar Movies
6.9
42nd Street
1933
Mandam
2025
6.2
A Chorus Line
1985
4.2
Earth, Wind & Fire
2004
4
I'll Sell My Shirt
1953
7.2
Top Hat
1935
4.6
Dieter - Der Film
2006
6.3
The Phantom of the Opera
1991
7.9
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008
7.2
Cats
1998
8.1
Into the Woods
1991
6.3
Flying Down to Rio
1933
Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai
2011
6.5
A Roman Scandal
1919
9
Fermat's Last Tango
2001
6.9
Dancing Lady
1933
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
6
I'm from Arkansas
1944
7.5
Pickled
2022
7.6
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008