Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy-mystery film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. It is a faithful, if sanitized, adaptation of the 1941 novel The G-String Murders written by strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee.
Plot
The backstage plot concerns the murder of two strippers of a New York City burlesque theatre and the unmasking of the killer.
More details
| author | James Gunn |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | William A. Wellman |
| editor | James E. Newcom |
| genre | comedy mystery |
| keywords | burlesque |
| musicBy | Arthur Lange |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | musical comedy |