King of Burlesque

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 3, 1936

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox

Cast

Bess Flowers,Shirley Deane,Torben Meyer,Andrew Tombes,Cyril Ring,Ferdinand Munier,Lucille Miller,Lynn Bari,Herbert Ashley,Jerry Mandyand 43 more

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Writer

Harry Tugend,Gene Markey,James Seymour

Cinematography

J. Peverell Marley

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0026571