Hollywood Burlesque (1949)

Director:

Duke Goldstone

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

GIRLS who will dazzle you! GIRLS who will excite you! GIRLS who will make you squirm!

Plot Keywords:

Stripper | Striptease | Burlesque

Cast

Hillary Dawn	...	Herself
Jenne	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joy Damon	...	Herself
Marie Durand	...	Herself
Honey Hayes	...	Herself
Wenn Hitt	...	Himself
Say No More Jo	...	Himself
Mary King	...	Herself
Bobby Roberts	...	Herself
Robert Ross	...	Himself
Dyann Torry	...	Herself
Legrand Torry	...	Himself
Charles Vaughn	...	Himself
Eddie Ware	...	Himself

Directed by
Duke Goldstone

Produced by
J.D. Kendis	....	producer
James R. Palmer	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Howard G. Mathis

Cinematography by
Len Powers

Costume Design by
Ann Henry

Sound Department
Glen Glenn	....	sound

Music Department
Howard G. Mathis	....	conductor
Rubia Lee Miller	....	lyrics

Other crew
Francis Johnston	....	stage show designer
Legrand Torry	....	dance creator and choreographer

Production Companies

• Continental Pictures

Distributors

• Continental Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2005) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Theatre - 314-316 F Street, San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Continental Pictures

Worth Watching for the Horrible Comedy

Hollywood Burlesque (1949)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

How much of this film you're able to take will depend on your opinion of the burlesque genre. What we've basically got here is a 67-minute burlesque show full of songs, dances, comedy acts and of course women dancers. As many reviews have pointed out, these type of shows normally ran longer so obviously this one here has been edited down and there's even a cast member or two in the credits but they're missing from the film. I'm guessing this footage was simply lost over time or perhaps it never made the cut and this is just a goof with the credits. Either way, this film is pretty hard to sit through because there's just nothing too interesting happening. The dances are all rather boring and tame. The singing is pretty high-pitched and not at all entertaining. The girls mostly look good but their dances are pretty boring. The comedy bits are downright awful but they're actually so horribly bad that they make the film worth watching just so you can see how bad they are. I'm still confused over the second routine involving money. This thing was shot from the crowd with two cameras and on a technical level it's not too bad and it's worth noting that the director would edit DESTINATION MOON after doing this film. It's interesting to note that there is some brief topless nudity here and it happens at the end of a dance when the girl comes back out from behind the curtain. There is some mild historic interest watching this as it does allow you to see a form of entertainment that is long gone (and for good reason probably).