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King of Burlesque (1936)
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 90 minutes
Actors
Warner Baxter | Alice Faye | Jack Oakie | Mona Barrie | Arline Judge | Dixie Dunbar | Gregory Ratoff | Herbert Mundin | Fats Waller | Nick Long Jr. | Kenny Baker | Charles Quigley | Al Shaw | Sam Lee | Andrew Tombes | Shirley Deane | Harry 'Zoup' Welsh | Claudia Coleman | Ellen Lowe | Herbert Ashley | Jerry Mandy | Keye Luke | Gareth Joplin | Maurice Cass | Earle Hodgins | Julius Tannen | Paul McVey | Cyril Ring | Ferdinand Munier | Torben Meyer | James C. Morton | Ronald R. Rondell | George Ovey | Vernon Downing | Larry Steers | Mary MacLaren | Jane Wyman | Lynn Bari | Bess Flowers | Louise Larabee | Eddie Foy Jr. | Ethel Bryant | Philippa Hilber | Lorraine Page | Anita Thompson | Bee Stevens | Beatrice Hagen | Valerie Traxler | Perk Lazelle | Clarette Ellis | Florine Baile | Lucille Miller