After the Dance (1935)

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man Mabel Kane Thelma Todd refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis George Murphy and hes sent to jail In a riot a hostile convict Jack La Rue forces Jerry to help him escape so Jerry takes to the streets himself Nightclub entertainer Anne Taylor Nancy Carroll meets him and convinces her boss Louis Arthur Hohl to hire him as her partner