Lady of Burlesque

1943

Comedy / Horror / Music / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3239 3.2K

dancing based on novel or book theatre group stripper murder whodunit

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Plot summary

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

Director

William A. Wellman Photo
William A. Wellman

Top cast

Chuck Hamilton Photo
Chuck Hamilton as Cop in Courtroom Skit
Marion Martin Photo
Marion Martin as Alice Angel
Virginia Gardner Photo
Virginia Gardner as Chorine
Lou Lubin Photo
Lou Lubin as Moey - the Candy Butcher
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834.98 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.51 GB
1380*1036
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Barbara Stanwyck, a theatre, a diva, a princess

Barbara Stanwyck, a theatre, a diva, a princess and a double-murder. This packs quite a lot into an amiable and lively ninety minutes. The local opera house has long since lost it’s lustre as a venue for Verdi and Puccini, much to the chagrin of “Lolita” (Victoria Faust) who is less than impressed that “Dixie” (Stanwyck) is now topping the bill with her altogether bawdier style of dancing. When the princess “Nirvena” (Stephanie Bachelor) also makes her presence felt, and “Lolita” makes up to the boss to get the top billing, these three women are soon at loggerheads. Not for long, though, as pretty soon there are a couple of corpses that require the detective services of “Harrigan” (Charles Dingle) and with the old mantra of the “show must go on” keeping the stage full whilst these machinations go on behind the curtain - though not always out of earshot of the audience, it becomes as dangerous here as it ever was in the famed Paris Opéra! Though she leads very much from the front, this isn’t only the Barbara Stanwyck show. The ensemble cast all deliver quite well as the mystery deepens, and there are quite a few songs with rhymes like “E-string with G-string” to keep the thing remarkably naughty for it’s time. I think I still preferred Barbara Stanwyck astride an horse in leathers toting a revolver, but films like this make you appreciate just what a versatile star she was.
Reviewed by jeffcoat 7 / 10

Surprising, light-hearted comedy

Nothing deep here, but that's good. A light-hearted comedy in the guise of a mystery. Don't expect to be mystified, the "mystery" only serves as a vehicle for the comedy and a rather believable romance. Barbara Stanwyck, though 36 years old, looks much younger. Her part was rather vivacious, risque, and revealing for a 1943 movie. The lady could act!The image on the DVD is generally very good, but there are several places where a few "frames" are missing, causing disquieting "jumps", but still, a good investment of time, if only to enjoy watching Miss Stanwyck smile and wiggle.
Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10

Take It Off the E-String

That body - those legs - yes, it's Barbara Stanwyck, who is sensational in "Lady of Burlesque," a 1943 film based on Gypsy Rose Lee's novel "The G String Murders." The murder mystery aspect of this film (which is pretty lame) is just an excuse to give the audience a taste of life in a burlesque house - the crummy dressing rooms, the fights, the raids, the dumb on-stage humor, and underneath it all, a camaraderie and a closeness. The performances are all very chaste thanks to the censors. Stanwyck performs "Take It Off the E-String (Play It On the G-String)" and she's fantastic. It sounded like she was dubbed in the big parts of the song, but the lower register sounds a lot like her.Stanwyck is Dixie Daisy, a newcomer to this burlesque house who's making a big splash with the customers and with one of the comics (Michael O'Shea). When one of the girls is murdered, and then another (strangled with a G string), it begins to look as if someone is trying to close the old opera house where the show plays.Stanwyck is backed up by a lot of pros, including Iris Adrian, O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, and Pinky Lee. They're pros but she's a star - and it's her film from beginning to end. Somehow Stanwyck made it all look easy, slipping as easily into this role as she did into all the parts she played throughout her career. And it looks like she did her own dancing too."Lady of Burlesque" is a lot of fun, and Stanwyck - sexy, tough, and warm - is spectacular.
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