Murders begin happening at a burlesque house with Barbara Stanwyck as one of the star performers.
An adaptation of "The G-String Murders" by Gypsy Rose Lee. I've never read the book (just try hunting down a copy!) but I heard it was really cleaned up for the screen. I can believe it--the girls wear lots of clothes during the acts, there's no nudity (of course), the jokes are tame (and lame) and all the acts mostly show some admittedly great acrobatics and dancing--but very little skin. That's NOT burlesque.
That aside, the movie is pretty good. The script is great--full of quick, sharp one-liners all acted to the hilt by the cast. The murder mystery itself is interesting and has a very satisfying (if complicated) resolution. And Stanwyck looks really great considering she was 36 when she did this! Worth catching.
An adaptation of "The G-String Murders" by Gypsy Rose Lee. I've never read the book (just try hunting down a copy!) but I heard it was really cleaned up for the screen. I can believe it--the girls wear lots of clothes during the acts, there's no nudity (of course), the jokes are tame (and lame) and all the acts mostly show some admittedly great acrobatics and dancing--but very little skin. That's NOT burlesque.
That aside, the movie is pretty good. The script is great--full of quick, sharp one-liners all acted to the hilt by the cast. The murder mystery itself is interesting and has a very satisfying (if complicated) resolution. And Stanwyck looks really great considering she was 36 when she did this! Worth catching.