The Unfinished Dance

Starring: Margaret O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Karin Booth, et al.

Young Meg Merlin, who hero-worships a dancer at her elite ballet school, is heartbroken when prima ballerina La Darina arrives to rival her idol. So Meg devises a plan. One little tug on a light switch while La Darina dances Swan Lake will ruin the performance. But Meg pulls the wrong switch -- the one that opens a stage trapdoor -- and sends the prima ballerina into a career-ending plunge to the floor below. Margaret O'Brien and Cyd Charisse play two generations of dancers in this lavish Technicolor film that combines a tragic story of guilt and broken dreams with the opulence of ballet (among the elegant visuals: the mirrored floor that emulates the swans' watery domain). It's a must-see for fans of dance films.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883316338735
• Release Date: June 2011
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: MGM
• Director: Henry Koster
• Starring: Margaret O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Karin Booth, Danny Thomas, Esther Dale, Thurston Hall, Harry Hayden, Mary Eleanor Donahue, Ruth Brady, Ann Codee
• Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"