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King of Burlesque
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Wikipedia article
'King of Burlesque' is a 1936 musical film about a former burlesque producer played by Warner Baxter who moves into a legitimate theatre and does very well, until he marries a socialite. Sammy Lee received an Academy Award nomination for the now dead category of Best Dance Direction at the 8th Academy Awards.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104063458/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/97765/King-of-Burlesque/awards The New York Times Movies] Today the film is best known for Fats Waller's rendition of "I've Got My Fingers Crossed".
Plot
Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.
Cast
*Warner Baxter as Kerry Bolton
*Alice Faye as Pat Doran
*Jack Oakie as Joe Cooney
*Mona Barrie as Rosalind Cleve
*Arline Judge as Connie
*Dixie Dunbar as Marie
*Gregory Ratoff as Kolpolpeck
*Herbert Mundin as English Impresario
*Fats Waller as Ben
*Nick Long Jr. as Anthony Lamb
*Kenny Baker as Arthur
*Charles Quigley as Stanley Drake
*Paxton Sisters as Specialty Dancers
*Al Shaw as Lew Henkle (as Shaw)
*Sam Lee as Gus Keefe (as Lee)
*Andrew Tombes as Slattery
*Shirley Deane as Phyllis Sears
*Harry 'Zoup' Welsh as 'Spud' La Rue (as Harry 'Zoop' Welch)
*Claudia Coleman as Belle Weaver
*Ellen Lowe as Miss Meredith (as Ellen E. Lowe)
*Herbert Ashley as Jake - Bolton's Chauffeur
*Jerry Mandy as Frankie
*Keye Luke as Wong
*Gareth Joplin as Speedy - the Bootblack
*Lynn Bari as Dancer (uncredited)
*Cyril Ring as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
*Marjorie Weaver as Dancer (uncredited)
*Jane Wyman as Dancer (uncredited)
Remake
The film was remade in 1943 as 'Hello, Frisco, Hello'.
References
*Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation page 50
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