The film is a screen adaptation of the 1917 Michael Morton play by the same name.[2][3] Actor Robert Schable had appeared in the 1917 Broadway play.[4]
With no prints of On With The Dance located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[6] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[1][7]
Reception
The Evening Post wrote that Mae Murray's work with David Powell was a "revelation", and that her dance work in the film was one of its "outstanding features".[8]Toronto Star noted the film as a success and wrote than fans of Mae Murray and David Powell will hail the two stars returning to headline George Fitzmaurice next film The Right to Love.[9] The Milwaukee Journal wrote that the film played Mae Murray's "dainty little figure and delightful dancing" to advantage.[10]
