Lady of Burlesque

In an old opera house-turned-burlesque nightspot, Dixie Daisy's (Barbara Stanwyck) scintillating striptease routine has become the main attraction, making her stiff competition for the other dancing divas vying for top billing: Dolly Baxter (Gloria Dickson), Lolita La Verne (Victoria Faust), and Princess Nirvena (Stephanie Bachelor). Though Dixie steers clear of the backstage catfights, including a nasty quarrel between Dolly and Lolita, she can't help but be slightly miffed when Princess, the former top-billed dancer who slept her way to the top, uses blackmail to regain the number one spot. But things become really intense when one of the dancers is found strangled and poisoned - the work of not one but two killers. After a second woman is murdered, police begin to suspect Dixie is to blame. With the help of another burlesque performer, comic Biff Brannigan (Michael O'Shea), Dixie sets a trap to catch the killer. But the mismatched couple doesn't just find the killer, they find love as well. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)