King of Burlesque

01/03/1936

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1hr 30min

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Drama

,Music

Gay as the Great White Way

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Warner Baxter
  • Alice Faye
  • Jack Oakie
  • Mona Barrie
  • Arline Judge

    Directors

  • Sidney Lanfield
  • A.F. Erickson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English