King Of Burlesque (1936) DVD
King Of Burlesque (1936) DVD

King Of Burlesque (1936) DVD

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King Of Burlesque (1936)

  • Director
    • Sidney Lanfield
  • Writers
    • Gene Markey(screen play)
    • Harry Tugend(screen play)
    • James Seymour(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Warner Baxter
    • Alice Faye
    • Jack Oakie

    Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.

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  • 3
    an ok musical

    Posted by Philip Shultz on Jun 13th 2023

    this film, however, must have been liked at the time, as it was remade twice - first with Alice Faye (again) in a lavish, technicolor musical, "Hello Frisco, Hello" (1943), and then, yet again, in 1945, in another lavish, technicolor musical, called "Nob Hill". "King of Burlesque" is really nothing special, but it has a tuneful score. If you can sit through it, then the finale numbers are wonderful. The song "Lovely Lady", (always used in circus movies) was introduced in this film, sung by Kenny Baker, with ladies on trapezes. Better yet, in the finale, is "Spreadin' Rhythm Around", sung and played by Fats Waller, and danced by the teenaged Dixie Dunbar.

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