Lady of Burlesque

     

Lady of Burlesque1943

Director: William A. Wellman
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 91 minutes

Set in an opera house turned burlesque theatre bitter resentment for the main character and past histories complicate a story that ends up with murder. more »


Biff:
What's the matter with comics?

Dixie:
I went into show business when I was seven years old. Two days later the first comic I ever met stole my piggy bank in a railroad station in Portland. When I was 11 the comics were looking at my ankles. When I was 14 they were...just looking. When I was 20 I'd been stuck with enough lunch checks to pay for a three-story house. Naw, they're shiftless, dame-chasing, ambitionless...

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