Ladies of the Chorus

About Ladies of the Chorus

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place.

Ladies of the Chorus (1948) is a romance film directed by Phil Karlson. The film is filed under burlesque, chorus girl, mother-in-law, and burlesque dancer.

Adele Jergens appears as Mae Martin, Marilyn Monroe as Peggy Martin, Rand Brooks as Randy Carroll, and Nana Bryant as Adele Carroll. It runs 61 minutes and was released in December 1948.

The screenplay is by Harry Sauber and Joseph Carole. In the United States it streams on fuboTV.

Chicago, Burlesque, and In the Heights make useful companions to Ladies of the Chorus, all filed under musical.