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The Business of Burlesque in Fortune Magazine

You might have to be a ridiculous burlesque fanatic to enjoy this post, but here goes.

I recently got this copy of Fortune Magazine from February, 1935, that features an article called “The Business of Burlesque.” Sadly, the first half of the article is missing from the magazine, and I have no idea who the author is, but the writing is actually quite tangy and good, so I suspect it might have been Somebody.
If you’re obsessed like me, you’ll be able to tolerate my terrible scans enough to click on these images to read some of this fantastic stuff. I never get tired of reading old stuff where the demise of burlesque is direly predicted, or looked back upon–I think the death of burlesque has been predicted every year since anybody ever reviewed it. And I suspect also the revival of burlesque was predicted or described shortly thereafter, burlesque being so frequently brought back.

If you know anything about this article, please contact me!

And if you ever want to get on my good side, give me stuff like this. Old Cabaret magazines, old clippings…I’ve had people give me old nudist magazines from the 70s with people with big bushes playing volleyball, and while I certainly enjoy that sort of thing from time to time, it doesn’t really pump my nerdy nads the way pieces like this article do.

Posted by Jo Weldon, Headmistress of The New York School of Burlesque, for burlesquedaily.blogspot.com.