Apples to You!
A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.
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"So, a drunk patron of the opera finds himself with a million dollar debt and a production of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. He hires burlesque house manager Billy Gilbert to manage it for him. This may not be a good idea for opera -- there are several shots of the conductor ripping up scores and breaking batons --but it does make a moderately good comedy, as the burlesque comic takes over the lead, along with a chorus of 40 beautiful barberettes, and burlesque lyrics. Billy is as funny as ever. His character is "Pinsky", a variation on the Minsky who ran the famed Minsky's Burlesque Ho..."
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Pinsky's is a take-off of the real Minsky's Burlesque shows in New York City, put on by the Minsky brothers from 1912 to 1937. At their height, the Minskys controlled over a dozen burlesque theaters - six in New York City alone.
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A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.