Lady of Burlesque
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Movie Reviews of Lady of Burlesque
Movie Review: Barbara Stanwyck at her brassy best!
Summary: 5 Stars
LADY OF BURLESQUE isn't Barbara Stanwyck's finest hour on film (I'd reserve DOUBLE INDEMNITY for that honour) nevertheless she's a brassy delight as wisecracking burly-q headliner Dixie Daisy, in a film based on Gypsy Rose Lee's "G-String Murders".
Dixie Daisy is the headliner of the Old Opera House, now a burlesque establishment. The relative peace and normality of the lives of the performers and crew is disturbed when a series of murders take place. Both Lolita La Verne (Victoria Faust) and Princess Nirvena (Stephanie Bachelor) are found dead, with their own g-strings wrapped around their necks.
This is camp entertainment at it's best. Barbara Stanwyck and the ladies of the cast shine like silver, spewing caustic remarks and insults like nobody's business!! A choice line is "I'm not staying around here to be strangled by my own beadwork!".
Iris Adrian (one of those sorely under-appreciated actresses who never got her big break) is hilarious as Dixie's smart-mouthed sidekick Gee Gee Graham. Michael O'Shea plays Biff Brannigan, a 'comic' with an eye for Dixie. Their scenes together are quite funny.
Barbara Stanwyck also displays her skills in musical comedy, performing the song "Take It Off the E-String (Play It On the G-String)", and dances very well.
Harmless, fluffy Saturday afternoon fare.
Movie Review: Based on the G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee
Summary: 5 Stars
By 1942, the Burlesque movies were all but over thanks to the "Production Code" brought upon Hollywood by the Moral Majority. However, Lady of Burlesque, based on the book "The G-String Murders" written by Gypsy Rose Lee, was brought to the screen.
Lady of Burlesque stars Barbara Stanwyck, alongside many of the Burlesque Stars of the day such as Dixie Daisy & Pinky Lee. This movie has been classified as a mystery/thriller but has a lot of relationship drama as love triangles and rivalry between the stars crowds the backstage.
Movie Review: Burlesque Queen
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a lovely combination of comedy, music and mystery. The characters are wonderful with a superior cast of regulars. Barbara started as a dancer and in this she shows some of the talent-well worth watching.Movie Review: Lady of Burlesque
Summary: 4 Stars
In theory, LADY OF BURLESQUE is a murder mystery, but mystery takes a back seat to the brawling backstage antics of crossed love affairs and star rivalry. Barbara Stanwyck endows star stripper "Dixie Daisy" with her own memorable brand of tough class--and although she can only be shown from the waist up when she bumps and grinds, she still manages to tear strips off her musical number "Play It On The G-String." The rest of the cast is equally memorable, many of them burlesque stars in their own right. Pinky Lee (Mandy) is memorably teamed with Marion Martin (Alice Angel) to delightful effect; Iris Adrian (Gee-Gee)is the gum smacking brash blonde to end all gum smacking brash blondes; and such memorable character actors as Michael O'Shea (Biff), Gloria Dickson (Dolly), and J. Edward Bromberg (Foss) round out the cast superbly.
Sad to say, LADY OF BURLESQUE has fallen into public domain, and it has not been well preserved. I have seen several releases of the film, and all of them are plagued with breaks in the film and the soundtrack. LADY OF BURLESQUE may never be regarded as a "great" film, but it is an extremely entertaining one, particularly for those who already know something about the now-lost world of burlesque. As one character says, "Makes me want to leave the wife!" Recommended.
Movie Review: Get strung up by thier Beadwork
Summary: 4 Stars
Loved, loved, loved this high camp romp that is light on story but filled with the colorful characters and Runyonesque language so typical of the period. Stanwyck is always a pleasure and Iris Adrian (my favorite) is the epitome of the gum chewing girlfriend. Film had decent quality and the lyrics by Sammy Cahn were ahead of thier time in 1943.It even has Pinky Lee in the cast.
"So take it off the amazon, put it on the home screen", just add
some friends and watch Gypsy Rose Lee's classic together, it will tickle your fancy.
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