Georgia Sothern

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.

Tame as can be by today's standards, but will charm fans of vintage erotica.

The opening title card of the viewed print film reads, Hurly Burly, A Star Studded Cavalcade of Burlesque, Glorified Burlesque, Glorified Burlesque;" the print contained no credits. Credits in the record were taken from a 24 Oct 1951 Exh review of the film. The viewed print may have been incomplete and several of the comedy routines may have previously appeared in other films. According to the New York State Archives, the film was 7,645 feet in length when it was released in New York state in 1952, however, the viewed print was just under 40 minutes.