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Genre
  
Comedy, Horror, Music

Music director
  
Arthur Lange

Country
  
United States

6.4/10
IMDb

Director
  
William A. Wellman

Story by
  
Gypsy Rose Lee

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
May 1, 1943 (1943-05-01)

Based on
  
The G-String Murders  by Gypsy Rose Lee

Writer
  
Gypsy Rose Lee (novel), James Gunn (screenplay)

Cast
  
Barbara Stanwyck
(Dixie Daisy),
Michael O'Shea
(Biff Brannigan),
Iris Adrian
(Gee Gee Graham),
Charles Dingle
(Inspector Harrigan),
J. Edward Bromberg
(S.B. Foss),
Frank Conroy
('Stacchi' Stacciaro)

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Tagline
  
Mirth! Murder! Melody! Mystery! and Girls! Girls! Girls!

Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy-mystery film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. It is based on the novel The G-String Murders written by strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee.

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Plot

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The backstage plot concerns the murder of two strippers of a New York City burlesque theatre and the detection of the killer.

Differences from novel

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A faithful, if sanitized due to the censorship of the time, adaptation of the original novel.

Cast

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  • Barbara Stanwyck as Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy, corresponding to Gypsy Rose Lee's character in her own book
  • Michael O'Shea as Biff Brannigan, the romantic interest
  • J. Edward Bromberg as S.B. Foss
  • Iris Adrian as Gee Gee Graham, a worldly showgirl
  • Gloria Dickson as Dolly Baxter
  • Victoria Faust as Lolita La Verne
  • Stephanie Bachelor as The Princess Nirvena
  • Charles Dingle as Inspector Harrigan
  • Marion Martin as Alice Angel
  • Pete Gordon as Officer Pat Kelly (as Eddie Gordon)
  • Frank Fenton as Russell Rogers
  • Pinky Lee as Mandy, a supporting player
  • Frank Conroy as 'Stacchi' Stacciaro
  • Lew Kelly as The Hermit
  • Claire Carleton as Sandra
  • Gerald Mohr as Louie Grindero

    • Production

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    The film was produced by Hunt Stromberg, costumes by Edith Head, and filmed on a 21-day shooting schedule on (rented) sound stages at RKO's Encino movie ranch, this feature grossed a respectable 1.85 million dollars upon its initial release.

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    The film depicted as much as censors would allow with respect to precise nature of "bumps & grinds", and slapdash nature of burlesque shows.

    Soundtrack

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    Songs include "Take it off the E string, play it on the G string", rendered by Stanwyck.

    Reception

    The film made $2 million and earned a hefty profit of $650,000.

    References

    Lady of Burlesque Wikipedia
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