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King of Burlesque

Gay as the Great White Way
Jan 3, 1936 · 1h 30m
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Drama
Music

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Warner Baxter
Kerry Bolton
Alice Faye
Pat Doran
Jack Oakie
Joe Cooney
Mona Barrie
Rosalind Cleve
Arline Judge
Connie
Dixie Dunbar
Marie
Gregory Ratoff
Kolpolpeck
Herbert Mundin
English Impresario
Directed by Sidney Lanfield

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
20th Century Fox
Country
US

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