Lady of Burlesque (1943)
- Directed by
- William A. Wellman
- Genre
- comedy film, musical film, mystery film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A burlesque dancer tries to solve a series of murders backstage at a theater. The film mixes comedy and musical numbers with a murder mystery plot.
lightheartedsuspensefulplayfulold-fashionedfast-pacedbackstagespiritedwhodunit
What happens
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy mystery film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Hunt Stromberg, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. It is a faithful, if sanitized, adaptation of the 1941 novel The G-String Murders by burlesque performer and stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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