King of Burlesque
Gay as the Great White Way
1936-01-03 | 90 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Warner BaxterKerry Bolton
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Alice FayePat Doran
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Jack OakieJoe Cooney
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Mona BarrieRosalind Cleve
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Arline JudgeConnie
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Dixie DunbarMarie
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Gregory RatoffKolpolpeck
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Herbert MundinEnglish Impresario
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Fats WallerBen
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Nick Long Jr.Anthony Lamb
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Kenny BakerArthur
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Charles QuigleyStanley Drake
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Al ShawLew Henkle
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Sam LeeGus Keefe
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Andrew TombesSlattery
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Shirley DeanePhyllis Sears
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Claudia ColemanBelle Weaver
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