Network/Films/King Of Burlesque 1936
King of Burlesque
Quick Facts
DirectorSidney Lanfield
Runtime1h 30m · NR
GenresDrama · Music
Release1936-01-03
Film

King of Burlesque

1936· NR· 1h 30m· Drama· Music

Gay as the Great White Way

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.

1936-01-03
King of Burlesque

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Key Crew
ScreenplayGene Markey
Director of PhotographyJ. Peverell Marley
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 16 crew)

Details

Released1936-01-03
Runtime1h 30m · NR
StatusReleased
Studios20th Century Fox
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.3/10 · 10 votes
Original languageen

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