Film · 1949

Burlesque in Harlem

Name: Burlesque in Harlem
Director: William Alexander
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1949-01-02
Rating: 4

56 min · Directed by William Alexander

Comedy

4.03
ratings

Outstripping anything you've ever seen!

A filming of a burlesque act in 1954 Harlem, complete with singers, baggy-pants comics and "exotic" dancers.

Cast

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Self

D

Dick Barrow

Self

J

Jo Jo Adams

Self

G

Gertrude 'Baby' Banks

Self

P

Princess D'Orsey

Self

R

Rose Marie Foster

Self

M

Marion L. Greene

Self

A

Adella Gross

Self

V

Vivian Harris

Self

G

Gloria Howard

Self

M

Mabel Hunter

Self

H

Hucklebuck Jones

Self

E

Ezella Lester

Self

D

Dorothy McCarty

Self

L

Luella Owens

Self

M

Maria Rout

Self

O

Olive Sayles

Self

G

Gwendolyn Shaklett

Self

Crew

Director: William Alexander
Producer: Joseph Tuller
Editor: Sheldon Nemeyer, Nathan Cy Braunstein
Cinematography: Vide Martino, G.G. Leontongh

Details

Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: January 2, 1949

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