Lady of Burlesque

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Lady of Burlesque
DVD cover
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Written by	James Gunn
Based on	The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee
Starring	Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shea Iris Adrian
Music by	Arthur Lange
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	May 1, 1943 (1943-05-01)
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 strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee (with ghost-writing assistance from mystery writer Craig Rice). Directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Hunt Stromberg, costumes by Edith Head, and filmed on (rented) sound stages at RKO's Encino movie ranch, this feature grossed a hefty 1.85 million dollars upon its initial release.

Iris Adrian and Barbara Stanwyck

Marion Martin and Gloria Dickson

The backstage plot concerns the murder of two strippers of a New York burlesque theatre and the detection of the killer. 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 worldly showgirl. Pinky Lee, a burlesque comic in real life, is another notable supporting player, as is Gerald Mohr as villain Louie Grindero. William Talman plays an audience member who smiles and waves at a sexy chorus girl. The film depicted as much as censors would allow with respect to precise nature of "bumps & grinds", and slapdash nature of burlesque shows. Songs include "Take it off the E string, play it on the G string", rendered by Stanwyck.

Reception

The film earned a profit of $650,000.^[1]

References

↑ Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 339

External links

Lady of Burlesque at the American Film Institute Catalog
Lady of Burlesque at the Internet Movie Database
Lady of Burlesque at allmovie
Lady of Burlesque at the TCM Movie Database
Lady of Burlesque is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]

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v t e Films directed by William A. Wellman

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1930s	Dangerous Paradise Young Eagles Maybe It's Love Other Men's Women The Public Enemy Night Nurse The Star Witness Safe in Hell The Hatchet Man So Big! Love Is a Racket The Purchase Price The Conquerors Frisco Jenny Central Airport Lilly Turner Heroes for Sale Midnight Mary Wild Boys of the Road Female College Coach Looking for Trouble Stingaree The President Vanishes The Call of the Wild Robin Hood of El Dorado Small Town Girl A Star Is Born Nothing Sacred Men with Wings Beau Geste The Light That Failed

1940s	Reaching for the Sun Roxie Hart The Great Man's Lady Thunder Birds Lady of Burlesque The Ox-Bow Incident Buffalo Bill This Man's Navy The Story of G.I. Joe Gallant Journey Magic Town The Iron Curtain Yellow Sky Battleground

1950s	The Next Voice You Hear... The Happy Years Across the Wide Missouri It's a Big Country Westward the Women My Man and I Island in the Sky The High and the Mighty Track of the Cat Blood Alley Good-bye, My Lady Darby's Rangers Lafayette Escadrille

Television	Light's Diamond Jubilee (with Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, and Bud Yorkin; aired on DuMont, CBS, NBC, and ABC, 24 October 1954)

v t e Gypsy Rose Lee

Family	June Havoc (sister) Rose Thompson Hovick (mother) Alexander Kirkland (2nd husband) Erik Lee Preminger (son)

Works	The G-String Murders (1941) The Naked Genius (1943) Gypsy: A Memoir (1957)

Adaptations	Lady of Burlesque (1943) Doll Face (1945) Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1959) "Together (Wherever We Go)" "Everything's Coming up Roses" Gypsy (1962) Gypsy (1993; soundtrack)

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