Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations
The novel was filmed in 1943 as Lady of Burlesque, directed by William Wellman, starring Barbara Stanwyck as "Dixie Daisy" (the Lee character), Michael O'Shea as her romantic interest, and Pinky Lee, among many notable supporting players. It is a fairly faithful, if bowdlerized, representation, but notable for the addition of music and songs, including "Take it off the E string, play it on the G string" sung by Stanwyck. The film attempts to show what the censors of 1943 would allow it to show with respect to the precise nature of "bumps" and "grinds", and the slapdash nature of burlesque shows.
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