King of Burlesque
Drama
Music
Gay as the Great White Way
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.
1936-01-03
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Cast
Director
Sidney Lanfield
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
Claudia Coleman as Belle Weaver
Jerry Mandy as Frankie
Keye Luke as Wong
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)
Beatrice Hagen as Dancer (uncredited)
Lucille Miller as Dancer (uncredited)
Marie Deauville as Dancer