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lady of burlesque the g string murders b & w general title
barbara stanwyck shines in her second portrayal of a showgirl in less than two years the first was in howard hawks ball of fire in 1941 . in lady of burlesque which at times has a hawksian edge to the dialogue she portrays % dixie daisy a striptease artist at a broadway theater in new york at the end of the 1930s . in the course of fending off the unwanted advances of brash comic % biff brannigan michael oshea with whom she is teamed in several numbers and staying clear of the dressing room feuds of her fellow dancers including a very nasty dispute between % dolly baxter gloria dickson and % lolita la verne victoria faust she finds herself up to her neck in trouble when one of the women is found strangled with her own g string . the police dont know what to make of it especially as the victim was already dying of a fatal dose of poison which means that there are two murderers somewhere in the theater ; and when a second woman turns up strangled inside a prop that % dixie was supposed to be hiding in onstage she looks like a good suspect . between the backstage comedy drama and the songs dances and on stage comic routines with the police breathing down both their necks at different times % dixie and % biff manage to solve the mystery and find each other in this briskly paced funny yet amazingly gritty comedy thriller . lady of burlesque was allowed to fall out of copyright in 1971 and since then it was seen in substandard editions until the may 2001 dvd release from image entertainment . bruce eder all movie guide . br br theatrical trailer . br br theatrical trailer .
lady of burlesque the g string murders b & w general title
actors iris adrian florence auer stephanie bachelor eddie borden j. edward bromberg claire carleton janis carter george chandler gloria dickson charles dingle victoria faust eddie gordon kit guard david kashner lew kelly pinky lee lou lubin marion martin gerald mohr michael oshea barbara stanwyck lee trent fred walburn isabel withers frank conroy frank fenton bert hanlon sid marion beal wong aspect ratio b & w created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 23 11 14 39.0 duration 90 dvd region code 1 edition general title languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating nr studio & production company image entertainment