Story of movie Lady Of Burlesque : 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 and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. It is based on the novel The G-String Murders written by strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee.
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Written by | James Gunn |
| Based on | The G-String Murders 1941 novel by Gypsy Rose Lee |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shea Iris Adrian |
| Music by | Arthur Lange |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | James E. Newcom |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,850,000 gross ($650,000 profit after theatre circuits deducted their ticket sales share) |
Screenplay
The backstage plot concerns the murder of two strippers of a New York City burlesque theatre and the detection of the killer.
Differences from novel
A faithful, if sanitized due to the censorship of the time, adaptation of the original novel.
- Barbara Stanwyck as Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy, corresponding to Gypsy Rose Lee's character in her own book
- Michael O'Shea as Biff Brannigan, the romantic interest
- J. Edward Bromberg as S.B. Foss
- Iris Adrian as Gee Gee Graham, a worldly showgirl
- Gloria Dickson as Dolly Baxter
- Victoria Faust as Lolita La Verne
- Stephanie Bachelor as The Princess Nirvena
- Charles Dingle as Inspector Harrigan
- George Chandler as Jake, the prop boy
- Marion Martin as Alice Angel
- Pete Gordon as Officer Pat Kelly (as Eddie Gordon)
- Frank Fenton as Russell Rogers
- Pinky Lee as Mandy, a supporting player
- Frank Conroy as 'Stacchi' Stacciaro
- Lew Kelly as The Hermit
- Claire Carleton as Sandra
- Gerald Mohr as Louie Grindero
The film was produced by Hunt Stromberg, costumes by Edith Head, and filmed on a 21-day shooting schedule on (rented) sound stages at RKO's Encino movie ranch, this feature grossed a respectable 1.85 million dollars upon its initial release.
The film depicted as much as censors would allow with respect to precise nature of "bumps & grinds", and slapdash nature of burlesque shows.
Songs include "Take it off the E string, play it on the G string", rendered by Stanwyck.
The film made $2 million and earned a hefty profit of $650,000.
Iris Adrian and Barbara Stanwyck
Marion Martin and Gloria Dickson
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