Applause
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10/7/1929Runtime
80 minsOverview
This early example of the "backstage" musical genre 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.
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A tender, sorrowful portrait of a mother's desperation to spare her daughter from the corrosive world of burlesque performance. Early cinema's raw technical energy crashes against intimate emotional devastation.
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