Highest-Rated Movies about 'Burlesque', Sort by Popularity
Burlesque (2010), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Blaze (1989), The Hollywood Revue (1929), Gypsy (1993) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Burlesque movies.
#1. Burlesque (2010)
Storyline: The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue.
Plot Keywords: young woman, waitress, club owner, dancer, businessman, friend, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Storyline: Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: stripper, amish man, comedian, club owner, performer, hilarious, sultry ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Blaze (1989)
Storyline: This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's. Can Earl keep Blaze and retain control of the state?—Reid Gagle
Plot Keywords: governor, beautiful woman, politician, amusing, sultry, louisiana, baton rouge ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. The Hollywood Revue (1929)
Storyline: Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. A plethora of chorus boys and girls are featured front and center in some of the song and dance numbers, and provide back-up to some other acts. But the revue primarily is a vehicle to highlight a cavalcade of Hollywood movie and Broadway stage stars. One early running gag has both Nagel and Benny playing straight man to Cliff Edwards, who just wants a nice introduction to his act. Edwards would return later to be featured along with the Brox Sisters in one of the highlights of the second act, a production number around the song "Singin' in Rain", complete with rain soaked stage. A reprise of the song with the entire cast acts as the revue's finale.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: singer, buster keaton, dancer, comedian, lighthearted, amusing, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!#5. Gypsy (1993)
Storyline: Stage-mother Mama Rose (Bette Midler) sees one daughter quit, while her other one (Cynthia Gibb) becomes stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
Plot Keywords: mother, daughter, sister, agent, vaudevillian, burlesque dancer, charming ...
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