Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy-mystery film, produced by Hunt Stromberg and directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea.
A significant portion of the film is taken up with onstage performances, including comic bits and toned-down striptease acts. There is also a lot of backstage action not directly related to the evolving murder mystery but highlighting the characters and lifestyles of the performers and crew.
Barbara Stanwyck as Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy, corresponding to Gypsy Rose Lee's character in her own book
Michael O'Shea as Biff Brannigan, the romantic interest
J. Edward Bromberg as S.B. Foss
Iris Adrian as Gee Gee Graham, a worldly showgirl
Gloria Dickson as Dolly Baxter
Victoria Faust as Lolita La Verne
Stephanie Bachelor as The Princess Nirvena
Charles Dingle as Inspector Harrigan
George Chandler as Jake, the prop boy
Marion Martin as Alice Angel
Pete Gordon as Officer Pat Kelly (as Eddie Gordon)
Frank Fenton as Russell Rogers
Pinky Lee as Mandy, a supporting player
Frank Conroy as 'Stacchi' Stacciaro
Lew Kelly as The Hermit
Claire Carleton as Sandra
Gerald Mohr as Louie Grindero
Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by James Gunn
Produced by Hunt Stromberg
Cinematography Robert De Grasse
Edited by James E. Newcom
Music by Arthur Lange
Soundtrack:
Songs include "Take It Off the E String, Play It on the G String," by Sammy Cahn (listed as "Sammy Kahn") and Harry Akst, sung by Barbara Stanwyck.
Other songs include.
"The Broadway Melody," written by Nacio Herb Brown
"So This Is You," written by Cahn and Akst, performed by Frank Fenton (uncredited)
"Burlique Bugle," by Gene Rose
"Mama Inez," by Eliseo Grenet
"Kamarinskaia" (Russian folk tune)
"Ochi chyornye" (Russian folk tune)
"Two Guitars" (Russian folk tune)
"Temptation," Nacio Herb Brown
"Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider," by Eddie Leonard
"Paradise," by Nacio Herb Brown
"Ireland Must Be Heaven," by Fred Fisher, Howard Johnson and Joseph McCarthy
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