81 years ago:
Ship Ahoy (US)
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
1942-04-16
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43782
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83 years ago:
Broadway Melody of 1940 (US)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
1940-02-09
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43809
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