Lady Of Burlesque
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Initial release | USA |
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Directors | William A. Wellman |
Based on | The G-String Murders |
Gypsy Rose Lee | |
Story by | Gypsy Rose Lee |
Costume design | Edith Head |
Natalie Visart | |
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ID | 1203903 |
About Lady Of Burlesque
In 1941, legendary burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee wrote a pulp mystery novel called "The G-String Murders. " This somewhat censored film adaptation follows Broadway striptease artist Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) as she becomes an amateur gumshoe after two of her fellow burlesque dancers are found dead, strangled with their own stage costumes. With the help of infatuated stand-up comic Biff Brannigan (Michael O'Shea), Dixie aims to find the killer before she becomes his next victim. …