Delightfully Dangerous

Delightfully Dangerous

She's a Slick Chick... This Lady of Burlesque.

NR 1945 · 92 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Music

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Soon afterwards, Sherry decides to make a surprise trip to New York to visit Josephine - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected

Directed by Arthur Lubin · Written by Walter DeLeon

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