7/10
Ladies of Burlesque
25 April 2022
A real collector's item, long forgotten but of inestimable interest as the first film on which Marilyn Monroe was billed over the title on only the third film in which she appeared; giving her ample opportunity to demonstrate her burgeoning star quality.

A potboiler slickly and enjoyably helmed by the up-and-coming Phil Karlson in which Monroe and Adele Jergens play mother and daughter when they seem more like buddies (especially as Jergens was only nine years older than Monroe). Columbia ironically kept Jergens while letting Monroe go; an error of judgement they would quickly regret!
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