Jump, Girls

This film (drama)Also known asDance，is aUSAProducerwomen sex，At1940Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating7.5(For reference only)。

Although there were some female directors during the silent film era in Hollywood, such as comedienne Mabel Normand, the increasingly commercialized film industry became completely dominated by men. Dorothy Azner was the first female director of the early sound film era, directing several films between 1927 and 1943 and becoming the first woman to join the American Film Guild. In her first film, she invented the boom microphone technique; this film was a remake of "Wild Party," starring Clara Bow. At the same time, she also propelled the careers of Katharine Hepburn ("Christopher Strong") and Rosalind Russell ("The Wife of Craig"). Although the 20 films she directed may not be groundbreaking, they are definitely classic masterpieces. The outstanding feminist film "Jump, Girls," choreographed by Azner's longtime partner Marion Morgan, tells the story behind the scenes of the entertainment industry and has been selected for the National Film Registry. In the film, two top dancers, Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara, vie for jobs and the affection of the same man (played by Louis Hayward). In a key audition scene, the serious dancer Maureen O'Hara fails to seduce the man in charge of casting, who is smoking a cigar, while Ball gets a job dancing the hula by flaunting her charm. Azner conveys feminist ideas through close-ups that show the man's reactions to the two women, transitioning from impassive to exuberant.