Lili St. Cyr

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.

Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.

Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of the golden age of Burlesque.

Featuring the vintage films, and pictures that made her a phenomenon, BETTIE PAGE, THE GIRL IN THE LEOPARD PRINT BIKINI, focuses on the life and times of the legendary model, the times in which she lived, and the impact her career had on the subsequent fifty years.

7 hi-point TITBITS. Classic Burlesque Stage Strippers in action with BETTY HOWARD, TEMPEST STORM in her classic ‘Desert Dance’, LILI ST. CYR in 2 stylish routines, and BLAZE STARR in ‘Dance of Fire’. Also lovely CANDEE EARLE, ELAINE JONES, gorgeous GABY and 8 more nicely naked nymphs.

Opens with SALLY RAND’s immortal Bubble Dance and a Burlesque masterpiece, ‘Hubba Hubba Girl’ with the legendary EVELYN WEST and original soundtrack. A dozen more gems from as early as the 30’s show the lush variety of classic stripping. Vol. 3 concludes with the glorious original stage striptease of the 50’s saudest stripper CANDY BARR, and the sophisticated glamour of the great LILY ST. CYR.

Vineyard owner Randy Minola becomes captivated by the worldly Edella, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend Winnie.

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.

Josette of New Orleans