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King of Burlesque

5.9 90 mins Drama   Music   1936
20th Century Fox  
Director(s): Sidney Lanfield

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.

Casts of King of Burlesque

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

Al Shaw

as Lew Henkle

Sam Lee

as Gus Keefe

Andrew Tombes

as Slattery

Shirley Deane

as Phyllis Sears

Harry 'Zoup' Welsh

as 'Spud' La Rue

Claudia Coleman

as Belle Weaver

Ellen Lowe

as Miss Meredith

Herbert Ashley

as Jake

Jerry Mandy

as Frankie

Keye Luke

as Wong

Gareth Joplin

as The Bootblack

Maurice Cass

as The Tailor (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

as Burlesque Barker (uncredited)

Julius Tannen

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Paul McVey

as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier

as Bolton's Butler (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Leopold the Valet (uncredited)

James C. Morton

as Jim - the Bartender (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Artie - Man at Wedding (uncredited)

George Ovey

as Man Getting Tie Untied (uncredited)

Vernon Downing

as Man in Car (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Extra in Audience (uncredited)

Mary MacLaren

as Extra in Audience (uncredited)

Jane Wyman

as Dancer (uncredited)

Lynn Bari

as Dancer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Dancer (uncredited)

Louise Larabee

as Dancer (uncredited)

Eddie Foy Jr.

as Dancer (uncredited)

Ethel Bryant

as Dancer (uncredited)

Philippa Hilber

as Dancer (uncredited)

Lorraine Page

as Dancer (uncredited)

Anita Thompson

as Dancer (uncredited)

Bee Stevens

as Dancer (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen

as Dancer (uncredited)

Valerie Traxler

as Dancer (uncredited)

Perk Lazelle

as Dancer (uncredited)

Clarette Ellis

as Dancer (uncredited)

Florine Baile

as Dancer (uncredited)

Lucille Miller

as Dancer (uncredited)

Marie Deauville

as Dancer

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