Lady of Burlesque dvd movie.|
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List Price: $7.98 Our Price: $7.98 Features • Black & White • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 01 May, 1943 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Brio in abundance -a cracking little comedy mystery |
| When two chorus girls,performers in a seedy burlesque show,are strangled with their own G-strings ,another performer ,Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck)teams up with the show's comedian Bill Brannigan( Michael O'Shea)-whose advances she has been spurning -to root out the killer .The perpetrator ,not taking kindly to this,targets Dixie as a future victim .
The movie is based on a novel called The G-String Murders purportedly written by noted stripper Gypsy Rose Lee but actually the work of one of crime fiction's most deft farceurs ,Craig Rice .The movie is a delight moving as it does at a terrific pace with some crackling dialogue .It conveys with economy and panache the backstage atmosphere of a tawdry Broadway show and is well served by its cast .Stanwyck is ideally cast conveying the hard edge of her character but also bringing out the vulnerability of a woman in an insecure hand to mouth profession .The other chorus girls are well limned by Iris Adrian,Gloria Dickson and Marion Martin .The script ,by James Gunn,failry sizzles along while William (Wild Bill)Wellman directs with due heed to the need for pace and punch.Note also the Oscar nominated score by Arthur Lange Great piece of tabloid cinema this and highly recommended |
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