King of Burlesque
King of Burlesque is a 1936 musical film about a former burlesque producer played by Warner 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".
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Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
Produced by | Kenneth Macgowan (associate producer) |
Screenplay by | James Seymour Gene Markey Harry Tugend |
Story by | Viña Delmar |
Starring | Warner Baxter Alice Faye Jack Oakie |
Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge (original music) (uncredited) Victor Baravalle (musical director) Herbert W. Spencer (orchestrator) (uncredited) Vinton Vernon(music recordist) (uncredited) Pollack & Yellen |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Ralph Dietrich |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.1 million[1] |
Cast
- 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
- Paxton Sisters as Specialty Dancers
- Al Shaw as Lew Henkle (as Shaw)
- Sam Lee as Gus Keefe (as Lee)
- Andrew Tombes as Slattery
- Shirley Deane as Phyllis Sears
- Harry 'Zoup' Welsh as 'Spud' La Rue (as Harry 'Zoop' Welch)
- Claudia Coleman as Belle Weaver
- Ellen Lowe as Miss Meredith (as Ellen E. Lowe)
- Herbert Ashley as Jake - Bolton's Chauffeur
- Jerry Mandy as Frankie
- Keye Luke as Wong
- Gareth Joplin as Speedy - the Bootblack
- Lynn Bari as Dancer (uncredited)
- Cyril Ring as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
- Marjorie Weaver as Dancer (uncredited)
- Jane Wyman as Dancer (uncredited)
Remake
The film was remade in 1943 as Hello, Frisco, Hello.
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References
- 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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