Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Rosalind Russell
• Natalie Wood
• Diane Pace
• Karl Malden
• Ann Jillian
• Morgan Brittany
• Paul Wallace
• Betty Bruce