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Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Micheal O'Shea
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Lady of Burlesque |
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In Lady of Burlesque Barbara Stanwyck plays Dixie Daisy (aka Deborah Hoople), a singer/dancer at a former opera house that has been transformed into a burlesque theater/review. Dixie is the new attraction at the theater, which invokes jealousy from some of the other female entertainers. Dixie immediately attracts the eye of Biff Brannigan (played by Michael O'Shea), who is also working at the theater as a comedy/dance man. Entertainers Dolly Baxter and Lolita La Verne engage in a very nasty dispute that turns ugly. Bitchy remarks are exchanged and a catfight ensues.
As Dixie and the other entertainers hoof their way through numerous song and dance routines a murderer is lurking around the theater waiting to strike. When one of the female entertainers is found strangled with Dixie's own g-string around her neck, Dixie is suddently a suspect. Dixie teams up with Biff to find the killer, who they believe is among them. Trouble continues to plague the theater when another female entertainer is found dead in one of the props that Dixie was scheduled to use for her act. Again, the not-so-swift detectives peg Dixie as their number one suspect. When Dixie spots the killer amongst the burlesque troop she uses herself as bait to catch a killer. As the murderer is identified and motives are established, Biff and Dixie dance off into the sunset.
--Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Lady of Burlesque |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 90%
Murders of set profession?
- artists
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- hard boiled/private eye
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, wavy (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- actor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- ample chest and buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 2
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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