King of Burlesque

King of Burlesque
Directed bySidney Lanfield
Screenplay byJames Seymour
Gene Markey
Harry Tugend
Story byViña Delmar
Produced byKenneth Macgowan (associate producer)
StarringWarner Baxter
Alice Faye
Jack Oakie
CinematographyJ. Peverell Marley
Edited byRalph Dietrich
Music byCyril J. Mockridge (original music) (uncredited)
Victor Baravalle (musical director)
Herbert W. Spencer (orchestrator) (uncredited)
Vinton Vernon(music recordist) (uncredited) Pollack & Yellen
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 3, 1936 (1936-01-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million[1]

King of Burlesque is a 1936 American musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Warner Baxter, Alice Faye and Jack Oakie. It is about a former burlesque producer played by 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.[2] 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

Remake

The film was remade in 1943 as Hello, Frisco, Hello.

References

  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 217
  2. ^ The New York Times Movies
  • Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0-634-00765-3 page 50


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