Linked Data Explorer

"Fearing for her waning career and for the reputation of her young daughter April, good-hearted Kitty Darling, aging doyen of New York's gritty burlesque nether world, sends April away to a convent school in Wisconsin. When, years later, April rejoins her mother, she's repulsed by the sleaze of her mother's world, but Kitty's predatory lover insists that April get into the business."@en
"Fearing for her waning career and for the reputation of her young daughter April, good-hearted Kitty Darling, aging doyen of New York's gritty burlesque nether world, sends April away to a convent school in Wisconsin. When, years later, April rejoins her mother, she's repulsed by the sleaze of her mother's world, but Kitty's predatory lover insists that April get into the business."
"Based on the novel by Beth Brown, Theater director Reuben Mamoulian transformed a backstage melodrama into a stunning cinematic masterpiece. Fearing for both her waning career and for the reputation of her young daughter April, good-hearted Kitty Darling, aging dime-store doyen of New York's gritty burlesque nether world, sends April away to a convent school free of the hard knocks that show-biz life guarantees. When, years later, Kitty is reunited with the grown April, motherhood and career dash in the fading limelight. Loyal to a mother she's never known and both repusled and fascinated by a beckoning world of sleaze and sawdust, April fends off Kitty's predatory lover while shyly fanning the fires of first love."
"A fading vaudeville star loses the love of her daughter and is jilted by her lowly boyfriend."@en
""Burlesque queen Kitty Darling gives birth to a baby girl shortly after learning that her husband has been executed. A few years later, Kitty refuses the marriage proposal of her friend, comic Joe King, because she dreams of 'making it big' on Broadway, but takes Joe's suggestion to send her beloved April to a convent school. Years later, Kitty is an alcoholic who still dreams of Broadway. Her current lover, Hitch Nelson, is a two-timing gigolo who demands that Kitty send for the now seventeen year-old April when he learns that Kitty has been paying for the girl's education. April is disgusted by New York's seedy burlesque environment, but her love for Kitty makes her stay. When she meets Tony, a young sailor, they fall in love and want to marry, delighting Kitty but infuriating Hitch, who wants April to go on stage to support him now that Kitty is a has-been. Realizing that her career is over and Hitch has only been using her, Kitty sends April to Tony, then takes an overdose of sleeping pills. April returns to her mother after telling Tony that she won't marry him, then goes on stage when Kitty is too weak to perform. April is a success, but rushes offstage crying. Tony arrives, knowing that April didn't mean what she said earlier, and unaware that Kitty has just died, they decide to take her with them to Wisconsin"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930."
"A dance hall girl sacrifices all so that her daughter can have a happy and respectable life. Ultimately, her daughter is forced to make an equally great sacrifice for her mother. The film was one of the first to liberate the camera from its soundproof booth, shoot live on location, and use superimposed soundtracks."
"A dance hall girl sacrifices all so that her daughter can have a happy and respectable life. Ultimately, her daughter is forced to make an equally great sacrifice for her mother. The film was one of the first to liberate the camera from its soundproof booth, shoot live on location, and use superimposed soundtracks."@en
"A backstage musical that tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in Mom's footsteps."@en