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Lady of Burlesque

Hunt Stromberg Productions

United States of America

English

Barbara Stanwyck

Michael O'Shea

J. Edward Bromberg

Iris Adrian

Gloria Dickson

Victoria Faust

Stephanie Bachelor

Charles Dingle

Marion Martin

Frank Conroy

Frank Fenton

Janis Carter

Lou Lubin

Pinky Lee

Pete Gordon

Lew Kelly

Claire Carleton

Gerald Mohr

George Chandler

Lee Trent

Don Lynn

James Gunn

Edith Head

Hunt Stromberg

Robert De Grasse

Gypsy Rose Lee

Natalie Visart

William A. Wellman

Bernard Herzbrun

Joseph B. Platt

Arthur Lange

Harry Akst

Sammy Cahn

Hollis Barnes

Daniel Dare

James E. Newcom

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Barbara Stanwyck, a theatre, a diva, a princess and a double-murder. This packs quite a lot into an amiable and lively ninety minutes. The local opera house has long since lost it’s lustre as a venue for Verdi and Puccini, much to the chagrin of “Lolita” (Victoria Faust) who is less than impressed that “Dixie” (Stanwyck) is now topping the bill with her altogether bawdier style of dancing. When the princess “Nirvena” (Stephanie Bachelor) also makes her presence felt, and “Lolita” makes up to the boss to get the top billing, these three women are soon at loggerheads. Not for long, though, as pretty soon there are a couple of corpses that require the detective services of “Harrigan” (Charles Dingle) and with the old mantra of the “show must go on” keeping the stage full whilst these machinations go on behind the curtain - though not always out of earshot of the audience, it becomes as dangerous here as it ever was in the famed Paris Opéra! Though she leads very much from the front, this isn’t only the Barbara Stanwyck show. The ensemble cast all deliver quite well as the mystery deepens, and there are quite a few songs with rhymes like “E-string with G-string” to keep the thing remarkably naughty for it’s time. I think I still preferred Barbara Stanwyck astride an horse in leathers toting a revolver, but films like this make you appreciate just what a versatile star she was.

Movie Trailer- Lady of Burlesque (1943) Gypsy Rose Lee

Lady of Burlesque: The G-String Song

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Barbara Stanwyck

Michael O'Shea

J. Edward Bromberg

Iris Adrian

Gloria Dickson

Victoria Faust

Stephanie Bachelor

Charles Dingle

Marion Martin

Frank Conroy

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