Believing his wife to be unfaithful, a husband deserts her and his child. Destitute, the woman is forced to take a job as a tango dancer.
Acting
Marian Nixon's face does ALL the heavy lifting
Direction
Phil Rosen squeezes poverty into every frame
Costume
The tango dresses cost more than her dignity
Director
Phil Rosen
Marian Nixon
Treasure McGuire
Chick Chandler
Oliver Huston
Marie Prevost
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Matty Kemp
Anthony Thorne Carver
Warren Hymer
Joe Sloan, Betty's Boyfriend
Herman Bing
Mr. Kluckmeyer, Tango Hosiery
George Meeker
Foster Carver, Tony's Brother
Virginia Howell
Mrs. Carver, Tony's Mother
Franklin Pangborn
Oscar, the Photographer
Kathryn Sheldon
Mrs. Maisie Alman, the Landlady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marie Prevost, who plays Treasure's roommate Betty, was a major silent star whose career collapsed with talkies; this B-picture role was humiliating downward mobility mirrored in the plot itself.
Released just before strict Hays Code enforcement, 'Tango' gets away with implied sex work and economic desperation that would vanish from screens by 1935.
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