What surprised you about this backstage melodrama? What can we learn about American society through this film?

Answer the following questions after you watch the film Dance, Girl, Dance https://lumiere.berkeley.edu/students/items/51223

Discuss her film, Dance Girl Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940).
What surprised you about this backstage melodrama? What can we learn about American society through this film?
Compare and contrast the two main characters.