King of Burlesque

King of Burlesque is a 1936 musical film about a former burlesque producer played by Warner Baxter who moves into a legitimate theatre and does very well, until he marries a socialite. Sammy Lee received an Academy Award nomination for the now dead category of Best Dance Direction at the 8th Academy Awards. Today the film is best known for Fats Waller's fabulous rendition of "I've Got My Fingers Crossed".

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• Cast
• Remake
• References

Cast

Warner Baxter as Kerry Bolton

Alice Faye as Pat Doran

Jack Oakie as Joe Cooney

Mona Barrie as Rosalind Cleve

Arline Judge as Connie

Dixie Dunbar as Marie

Gregory Ratoff as Kolpolpeck

Herbert Mundin as English Impresario

Fats Waller as Ben

Nick Long Jr. as Anthony Lamb

Kenny Baker as Arthur

Charles Quigley as Stanley Drake

Paxton Sisters as Specialty Dancers

Al Shaw as Lew Henkle (as Shaw)

Sam Lee as Gus Keefe (as Lee)

Andrew Tombes as Slattery

Shirley Deane as Phyllis Sears

Harry 'Zoup' Welsh as 'Spud' La Rue (as Harry 'Zoop' Welch)

Claudia Coleman as Belle Weaver

Ellen Lowe as Miss Meredith (as Ellen E. Lowe)

Herbert Ashley as Jake - Bolton's Chauffeur

Jerry Mandy as Frankie

Keye Luke as Wong

Gareth Joplin as Speedy - the Bootblack

Lynn Bari as Dancer (Uncredited)

Cyril Ring as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Marjorie Weaver as Dancer (uncredited)

Jane Wyman as Dancer (Uncredited)

Remake

The film was remade in 1943 as Hello Frisco, Hello.