{"id":25030,"date":"2012-04-02T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25030"},"modified":"2022-12-18T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T23:54:40","slug":"lady-of-burlesque-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25030","title":{"rendered":"Lady of Burlesque (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Three people get crowded at a table for two.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen ambitious burlesque dancer Lolita La Verne (Victoria Faust) is murdered, her gangster lover (Gerald Mohr) as well as all her fellow performers &#8212; including new arrival Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck), a comic romantically pursuing Dixie (Michael O&#8217;Shea), and a snooty rival known as the Princess Nirvena (Stephanie Bachelor) &#8212; are under suspicion.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Vaudeville and Burlesque<\/li>\n<li>William Wellman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBarbara Stanwyck is a class act the entire way in this censor-tamed adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gypsy_Rose_Lee\">Gypsy Rose Lee<\/a>&#8216;s best-selling mystery thriller <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_G-String_Murders\"><em>The G-String Murders<\/em><\/a> (whose title, naturally, was changed for the big screen). The storyline itself is little more than a standard whodunit, with nearly all the film&#8217;s motley characters under suspicion at one point or another (and a second murder thrown in for good measure). What really counts here is the setting in which the entire affair takes place &#8212; a relatively faithful if highly sanitized recreation of the behind-the-scenes mayhem, camaraderie, romance, and rivalry that constituted the rapidly fading world of burlesque. Directed by William Wellman (who helmed the much more serious literary adaptation <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5088\"><em>The Ox-Bow Incident<\/em><\/a> the same year), the film holds interest throughout, thanks to a sincere performance by Stanwyck and game turns by the supporting cast. You may be surprised by the identity of the murderer &#8212; though I&#8217;ll admit I guessed correctly for once (albeit without an accurate assessment of motive). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Stanwyck as Dixie Daisy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Stanwyck2.png 1597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fine tribute to the quickly-fading world of burlesque<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lady-of-Burlesque-Act.png 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s recommended. As a public domain title, it&#8217;s available for free viewing at www.archive.org. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036094\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3851&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/05\/14\/archives\/at-the-capitol.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/5812\/lady-of-burlesque#articles-reviews?articleId=24035\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/80028\/lady_of_burlesque.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S1rhLZ2VUJQ\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Three people get crowded at a table for two.&#8221; Synopsis: When ambitious burlesque dancer Lolita La Verne (Victoria Faust) is murdered, her gangster lover (Gerald Mohr) as well as all her fellow performers &#8212; including new arrival Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck), a comic romantically pursuing Dixie (Michael O&#8217;Shea), and a snooty rival known as the Princess Nirvena (Stephanie Bachelor) &#8212; are under suspicion. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Barbara Stanwyck Films Murder Mystery Vaudeville and Burlesque William Wellman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25030\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25030"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88891,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030\/revisions\/88891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}