Movies and TvShows featuring "burlesque-queen" theme.

Gypsy is a biographical movie based on the life of burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee. It follows her journey in show business, her complicated relationship with her domineering mother, and her rise to fame in the 1920s and 1930s.

The Butterfly Tree is a movie about a widower and his son who become infatuated with a woman who owns a flower shop. The story explores their relationships and the challenges they face as they navigate their feelings. The film also delves into themes of bereavement and the beauty of nature, particularly butterflies.

Ladies of the Chorus tells the story of a burlesque queen and her daughter, who navigates the ups and downs of the chorus line. With a backdrop of ballroom and tap dancing, the mother-daughter duo face prejudice, backstage drama, and the complexities of love. Will they find success in the world of burlesque?

In Doll Face (1945), a songwriter is faced with the task of impersonating his own imaginary creation, a nightclub dancer known as Doll Face. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, he must navigate the world of show business, deception, and romance.

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Soon afterwards, Sherry decides to make a surprise trip to New York to visit Josephine - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected

Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.

In 'She's Working Her Way Through College', a burlesque queen named Hot Garters Gertie disguises herself as a college student named Gertie Waxted. While pretending to be a student, she falls in love with her professor, Professor John Palmer. Throughout the movie, Gertie must navigate the complexities of her secret past as a burlesque queen while pursuing her college education and pursuing a relationship with Professor Palmer. The film is a comedic, musical exploration of love, deception, and the challenges of working through college.

A nightclub dancer, raised in an orphanage, learns she might be the long-lost heiress to a hair tonic fortune.