Lady of Burlesque
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60% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy, Horror, Music Country United States | 6.4/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 1, 1943 (1943-05-01) Writer Gypsy Rose Lee (novel), James Gunn (screenplay) Cast (Dixie Daisy), (Biff Brannigan), (Gee Gee Graham), (Inspector Harrigan), J. Edward Bromberg (S.B. Foss), ('Stacchi' Stacciaro)Similar movies Guitar Face , Dancing Lady , The Treat , Show Business , The Sex Temple , 3-D Rarities 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
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
A faithful, if sanitized due to the censorship of the time, adaptation of the original novel.
Cast
Production
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.
The film depicted as much as censors would allow with respect to precise nature of "bumps & grinds", and slapdash nature of burlesque shows.
Soundtrack
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
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