Movies: Burlesque

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may l...

The lives of four strange prostitutes will change forever when they go to the Mayor's birthday party....

A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire....

Judas is the hero and Jesus is the villain in this lewd retelling of the classic Bible story. Depicted through anthropomorphic animals, we see a unique alternative perspective. Judas (an unscrupulous black goat) has been at odds with Jesus (a self-ri...

To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial ac...

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves bo...

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A filmed burlesque show, staged at the El Rey Theater in Oakland, CA....

Scene 23, Slow pan The wind whistles over the dykes of the Willebroek Canal. Armand sighs. The viewer should feel goose bumps under their thick sweater. Make it clear that at this moment, Armand is craving a cup of Borain coffee. Scene 456, Armand's ...

A group of male celebrities strip down to raise awareness for prostate, testicular, and colorectal cancer testing and research in this daring two-hour special....

A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business....

Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head....

Filmed record of a burlesque performance....

Two sharpie promoters (Don Barry and Frank Jenks) put on a show they believe is so bad it will not play more than one day and they therefore will not have to pay the long list of investors,i.e, suckers and buyers. But one of the investors dies intest...

Inside a fruit themed burlesque bar, time and space take a backseat to poetry and proverb....

A husband and wife, seeking to renew the excitement in their relationship, enjoy a weekend away from each other. A WEEKEND WITH VIRGINIA (48-24-34) BELL: the husband spends his time watching exotic dancer Virginia Bell. ANNE HOWE (46-24-34) AND THE B...

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself....

A stripper (June Havoc) discovers a professor (Joe E. Brown) spends summer teaching Shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic....

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom....

A documentary on three families struggling to survive in Brazil....