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03/01/1936 Drama, Music 1h 30m
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Gay as the Great White Way

Overview

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.

  1. Sidney Lanfield

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Warner Baxter

    Kerry Bolton

  2. Alice Faye

    Pat Doran

  3. Jack Oakie

    Joe Cooney

  4. Mona Barrie

    Rosalind Cleve

  5. Arline Judge

    Connie

  6. Dixie Dunbar

    Marie

  7. Gregory Ratoff

    Kolpolpeck

  8. Herbert Mundin

    English Impresario

  9. Fats Waller

    Ben

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-06
''Wait a minute, wait a minute - I'm having an idea''.. ''No, you're having a stroke''. Well he'd better hope it's the former as theatrical producer ''Bolton'' (Warner Baxter) is desperately in need of an idea. He was once the most succesful, and partnered with long time pal ''Joe'' (Jack Oakie) and leading lady ''Pat'' (Alice Faye) was on top of the world. Then he met down on her luck socialite ''Rosalind'' (Mona Barrie) who turned his word upside down. With him swiftly and expensively getting married and then ''Pat'' talking a job in London, he decided that he wanted to ditch his more workin...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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