Lili St. Cyr

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.

Reclining on her chaise lounge in a see-through robe, Lili St. Cyr decides she needs a bubble bath. In a gilded tub fit for Marie Antoinette, she bares all that the law will allow. Then she squeezes into an evening gown and mink coat to paint the town red.

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

Josette of New Orleans

The legendary pinup queen Bettie Page stars in a marvelous burlesque show, alongside '50s icons Lili St.Cryr, Bobby Shields, Chris Le Chris Lynn and many others.

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

Burlesque film. Leon De Voe sings "Ridin' Shotgun," accompanied by Loretta Miller and a chorus line. Slats Taylor and Clyde Hodges perform a comedy sketch about a young man seeking permission from an aged, deaf father to marry his daughter. Contessa Vera Richkova sings "La nuit pour moi" and performing an dance titled "The Black Angel." De Voe returns with the chorus and Miller to present "Good Bye Mary." Comedian Clyde Hodges portrays a drunk in a foreign restaurant, then dons blackface to impersonate male and female singers as he sings "Big Fat Cadillac." Patti Waggin sings "Something's Going to Happen" to De Voe, who responds with the song "My Baby Likes Fun." Richkova returns in "her spectacular dance ritual of seductive love and hate." The film closes with Lili St Cyr undressing to take a bath and preparing for bed.

Strip Queen Lili St. Cyr magically undresses in the Burlesque Novelty Short: Cinderella’s Love Lesson! (SWV)

Lili St. Cyr is about ready for bedtime, which of course she does in the nude. Live stage performance includes chorus girl act, The Folliettes, and the dance team The Duponts.

Using the frame of an evening of vaudeville, eleven women perform striptease dances. Interspersed are four routines of comedians Joe Young and Gene Doyle.

Striptease and burlesque action at the Follies Theatre, 337 S. Main Street, Los Angeles.