Bert Lahr, Britt Ekland, Denholm Elliott

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 Raymo...( read more  read more... )nd 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.

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Directed by: William Friedkin

Release Date: December 22, 1968

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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2008

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  • September 18, 2009
    A very lovingly made homage to both vaudeville and burlesque.

    Not overly glamorized into the typical slapsticky chuckle-fest that you might expect. While there is some of THAT...there is also a bit of the seedy and slightly dark underbelly of "the business" thrown into the mi...( read more)s, but done so in a way that doesn't make it feel gratuitous.

    The acting is good, especially Britt Ekland who gives a GREAT performance.
    Some of the cinematograpy and editing are genious and the costumes and set designs are SPOT ON.

    All of these things REALLY serve to convey the look and feel of the era and make what could easily have been just another rambunctious romp through the "Roaring 20's" look and feel (at times) more like archival footage brought to life.
  • March 21, 2009
    I sat here while my dad watched the last half of this..lol..so I got a good feeling of how the movie is..xD...lots of montage of 1920s things..XD..and some odd scenes..and lots of 1920s burlesque action lol..I'll just give it 3/5 because I doubt I'll ever sit through the whole th...( read more)ing XD..and it'd seemed mildly entertaining for a boring afternoon xD..soo..hahah...yup.
  • May 24, 2008
    This is a great one.

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