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Posts Tagged "burlesque"
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The Dance of Life *** (1929, Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Dorothy Revier) – Classic Movie Review 11,253
Directors John Cromwell and A Edward Sutherland’s all-talking musical romantic drama The Dance of Life (1929) from Paramount Pictures is the first of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque by George […]
King of Burlesque *** (1936, Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 10,736
Six decent songs ‘Lovely Lady’, ‘Shooting High’, ‘Whose Big Baby are You?’, ‘Spreading Rhythm Around’, ‘Too Good to Be True’, and ‘I Love to Ride the Horses on a Merry-Go-Round’, a strong cast and a […]
The Night They Raided Minsky’s **** (1968, Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom) – Classic Movie Review 9167
Director William Friedkin’s 1968 comedy The Night They Raided Minsky’s [The Night They Invented Striptease] is an entertaining and picturesque slice of life from America’s burlesque era, capturing the atmosphere of jolly sleaze. The surprise […]
Ladies of the Chorus *** (1948, Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 7604
Director Phil Karlson’s 1948 cheap and cheerful, quickly made musical Ladies of the Chorus offers a must-see chance to see Marilyn Monroe’s first leading role, which is the main attraction of this thin theatre drama […]
Lady of Burlesque *** (1943, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson) – Classic Movie Review 7,498
Striptease queen Gypsy Rose Lee tried her hand at writing with the 1941 burlesque mystery novel The G-String Murders, which was made into the 1943 musical comedy-mystery movie Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck as […]
Burlesque **** (2010, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Peter Gallagher, Alan Cumming) – Classic Movie Review 6097
Writer-director Steven Antin’s 2010 musical drama movie won the 2011 Golden Globe for Best Original Song for Diane Warren’s ‘You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me’ and another tune, ‘Bound to You’, was nominated. The Gay and […]
Dancing Lady *** (1933, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Franchot Tone) – Classic Movie Review 5,783
A lovely cast spruces up director Robert Z Leonard’s fizzy 1933 musical romantic comedy film Dancing Lady, with a dancing Joan Crawford choosing between romeos Clark Gable and Franchot Tone, while hoofing it with débuting […]