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Auction History Result 8m0911 LADY OF BURLESQUE movie edition hardcover book 1943 Barbara Stanwyck is like Gypsy Rose Lee! Date Sold 5/2/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" [14 x 21 cm]; 307 pages) (Learn More) Lady of Burlesque, the 1943 William A. Wellman musical mystery comedy ("Mirth! Murder! Melody! Mystery! And Girls! Girls! Girls!"; "The story that jolted America into a wave of laughter!"; "Here was something brand new - a lusty, racy romance of the gay, exciting world of burlesque! Glamour and music and girls - and mystery! It's the season's most unusual entertainment! And wait till you see it on the screen!"; "It's gay... Daring... Different!"; "Come along for the laughs - and thrills! I'll show you the secrets of the world of burlesque... The inside stories of the guys and gals who hide in the spotlight's glare... You'll see what makes their hearts tick - you'll see what makes the glamour go 'round - you'll get a load of laughter, and music - and the most suspenseful mystery that ever chilled you! ... Let's go - fun's waiting!"; "Music.. Mystery.. Murder! as audience cheers girls... a killer lurks back stage"; "Time Magazine raved about Gypsy Rose Lee's Book... 'lurid, witty, rich show business vocabulary and stage door gags... builds up to a hair-raising climax"; "Girls and gags"; "Music and mirth"; "Mystery and murder!"; "Based on the best selling novel 'G-String Murders' by Gypsy Rose Lee") starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea ("Meet Michael O'Shea... Your new heart-throb - a man to watch in the clinches!"), J. Edward Bromberg, Charles Dingle, Frank Conroy, Gloria Dickson, Marion Martin, Iris Adrian, Victora Faust, Pinky Lee, Frank Fenton, Janis Carter, and Eddie Gordon. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the World Publishing Company photoplay edition in its original dust jacket (one of a collection of such books we are auctioning in this set of auctions). Here are some more details about these books: this company (like Grosset & Dunlap) was a publisher that made a deal with some studios to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies. They would republish the original novel as the movie came out (or soon after), and they would put a dust jacket on the book that showed the stars of the movie, and they would include several pages of images from the movie scattered in the book. Oddly, in the case of this movie edition, they did not include any images from the movie within the book, but the stars' images are on the cover of the dust jacket. Perhaps it was published before the movie even was ready, so they did not have access to images from the film. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Because we know that the dust jacket is an important part of the value of this book, we also pictured the entire dust jacket opened up. Between that image and our other images, you should be able to get a good sense of the overall condition of this book. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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