King of Burlesque

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.

• Sidney LanfieldDirector
• Gene MarkeyScreenplay
• Harry TugendScreenplay

• Warner BaxterKerry Bolton
• Alice FayePat Doran
• Jack OakieJoe Cooney
• Mona BarrieRosalind Cleve
• Arline JudgeConnie
• Dixie DunbarMarie
• Gregory RatoffKolpolpeck
• Herbert MundinEnglish Impresario
• Fats WallerBen
• Nick Long Jr.Anthony Lamb
• Kenny BakerArthur
• Charles QuigleyStanley Drake