Lady of Burlesque | Barbara Stanwyck | Romantic Film | Murder Mystery
Lady of Burlesque - After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Director: William A. Wellman
Writers: Gypsy Rose Lee(novel "The G-String Murders"), James Gunn(screenplay)
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg
Genre: Comedy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: United States
Language: English
Also Known As: The G-String Murders
Release Date: 1 May 1943 (USA)
Storyline:
Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a burlesque theater. She's popular with the customers, although not with Lolita La Verne, a stuck-up diva who was hoping she'd get the top spot. Also complicating matters is the return of the Princess Nirvena, the show's former star who once had a fling with the boss. When the Princess blackmails her way into the top spot, Dixie is none too pleased. When both Lolita and the Princess are murdered, Dixie becomes a prime suspect. She then sets up a trap to nail the real killer.
Reviews:
"The most surprising thing about LADY OF BURLESQUE was that it got made at all. Burlesque was all but dead by 1942, shut out of most towns and cities by relentless moral crusaders, and Hollywood itself was mired in the infamous "production code," which put a heavy lid on what could and could not be shown on screen. But burlesque had spawned a number of stars who remained favorites with public, and in 1941 the legendary Gypsy Rose Lee penned a book called THE G-STRING MURDERS. It proved extremely popular, and a year later United Artists took a chance on the film project.
True enough, the movie couldn't show the strippers in action or play out the bawdy comic sketches so popular in burlesque, but writer James Gunn turned in a superior script, and director William Wellman and his cast gave the whole thing tremendous dash and style. The result was a movie that captured the seedy, underworld-edged world of burlesque without actually causing censors to yank it from distribution.
In theory, LADY OF BURLESQUE is a murder mystery, but mystery takes a back seat to the brawling backstage antics of crossed love affairs and star rivalry. Barbara Stanwyck endows star stripper "Dixie Daisy" with her own memorable brand of tough class--and although she can only be shown from the waist up when she bumps and grinds, she still manages to tear strips off her musical number "Play It On The G-String." The rest of the cast is equally memorable, many of them burlesque stars in their own right. Pinky Lee (Mandy) is memorably teamed with Marion Martin (Alice Angel) to delightful effect; Iris Adrian (Gee-Gee)is the gum smacking brash blonde to end all gum smacking brash blondes; and such memorable character actors as Michael O'Shea (Biff), Gloria Dickson (Dolly), and J. Edward Bromberg (Foss) round out the cast superbly.
LADY OF BURLESQUE may never be regarded as a "great" film, but it is an extremely entertaining one, particularly for those who already know something about the now-lost world of burlesque. As one character says, "Makes me want to leave the wife!" Recommended."
- written by "Gary F. Taylor" on amazon.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Lady of Burlesque
Argentina Sucedió entre bastidores
Brazil A Morte Dirige o Espetáculo
Brazil (alternative title) Senhora da Farsa
Denmark Mord i balletten
Finland Dixie-Daisy ja murhamysteeri
France L'Étrangleur
Greece (transliterated title) Gynaika satanas
Greece (TV title) I gynaika tou kabare
Italy Le stelle hanno paura
Mexico La dama del burlesque
Norway I variteens skygge
Poland Dama z rewii
Portugal Noite Fantástica
Soviet Union (Russian title) Леди из бурлеска
Spain La estrella del Variedades
Spain La estrella de variedades
Sweden Mord i baletten
UK (alternative title) Striptease Lady
UK Lady of Burlesque
USA (working title) G-String Murders
USA Lady of Burlesque
The G-String Murders
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