Burlesque

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows burlesque

poster Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(3.2/5)
103mn - Drama
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
poster The Magician and the Imp
The Magician and the Imp
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…
poster The Chinese Shadows
The Chinese Shadows
3mn - Comedy, Animation
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.
poster Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
4mn - Fantasy
In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder). They begin a minuet and their costumes change in a sudden. A man ente…
poster The Dancing Pig
The Dancing Pig
4mn - Comedy
A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.
poster Die Serpentintänzerin
Die Serpentintänzerin
1mn - Documentary
A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.
poster Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girl
(2.9/5)
95mn - Music, Comedy
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood …
poster The Worldly Madonna
The Worldly Madonna
(2.6/5)
62mn -
Ms. Young portrays two roles. As Janet, a convent novitiate, she agrees to exchange places with her sister, Lucy, a cabaret dancer, who believes she has killed a man.
poster La ribalta
La ribalta
5mn -
A woman and a mistress fight.
poster Drama at the Puppets' House
Drama at the Puppets' House
4mn - Comedy, Animation, Crime
For a short comedy of rare merit this subject is unexcelled. A chalk line series of grotesque caricatures enacted in the land of puppets. A fickle maiden gets herself into numerous embarrassing complicati…
poster Soap Bubbles
Soap Bubbles
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.
poster Double Whoopee
Double Whoopee
19mn - Comedy
Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort …
poster The Great Flamarion
The Great Flamarion
(3.3/5)
78mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
poster A Blonde's Revenge
A Blonde's Revenge
20mn - Comedy
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
poster Flirty Four-Flushers
Flirty Four-Flushers
(3.1/5)
19mn - Comedy
With her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.
poster Heckle
Heckle
(3/5)
98mn - Drama, Comedy
A supermarket cashier with dreams beyond checkout lines discovers her calling when a washed-up comedian challenges her to face her fears on stage, launching a journey of self-discovery where bombing on st…
poster The Masquerader
The Masquerader
(3.0/5)
16mn - Comedy
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
poster Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
(2.8/5)
3mn -
The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.
poster Blonde Ice
Blonde Ice
(3/5)
73mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
4mn - Comedy
Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…
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