Casanova in Burlesque (1944) DVD-R

Starring Joe E. Brown, June Havoc, Dale Evans, Marjorie Gateson, Lucien
Littlefield
Directed by Leslie Goodwins

Print: black/white
Runtime: 47 min.
Genre: comedy

In this effervescent musical comedy, a stuffy college professor secretly
works as a burlesque comedian during the summer. He, a professor of
Shakespeare, manages to keep his secret, until a stripper shows up and
threatens to blow his cover unless he gives her a starring role in his
latest production of The Taming of the Shrew. He does, but the rest of the
cast is so appalled they walk-off. In desperation, the professor begins
hiring the stripper's colleagues and this creates all sorts of tuneful fun.
Songs include: "Who Took Me Home Last Night?" "Mess Me Up,"
"Casanova Joe", "Five-A-Day Fatima," "Willie the Shake," and "Taming of
the Shrew."