King of Burlesque (1936)
Gay as the Great White Way
90 min
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.
- Release date
- January 3, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
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
Crew
- Sidney Lanfield · Director
- Gene Markey · Writer
- Harry Tugend · Writer
- James Seymour · Writer
- Viña Delmar · Writer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Ralph Dietrich · Editor