Lady of Burlesque
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Written by | James Gunn Gypsy Rose Lee/Craig Rice (novel) |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shea Iris Adrian |
| Music by | Arthur Lange |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 1943 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, based on the novel The G-String Murders written by famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (with ghost-writing assistance from mystery writer Craig Rice). The plot concerns the murder of two strippers, backstage of a New York burlesque theatre and the detection of the killer.
The film is a faithful, if sanitized due to the censorship of the time, adaptation of the original novel, although Gypsy Rose Lee, who appears as a character in her own book, is here renamed "Dixie Daisy" (Stanwyck). Michael O'Shea plays her romantic interest, comedian Biff Brannigan, and Iris Adrian portrays a showgirl. Pinky Lee, a burlesque comic in real life, is another notable supporting player, as is Gerald Mohr as villain Louie Grindero. The film depicted as much as the censors would allow with respect to the precise nature of "bumps" and "grinds", and the slapdash nature of burlesque shows. Songs include "Take it off the E string, play it on the G string", rendered by Stanwyck.
[edit] External links
- Lady of Burlesque at the Internet Movie Database
- Lady of Burlesque is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Lady of Burlesque at the TCM Movie Database
- Lady of Burlesque at AllRovi
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