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What Happened on 23rd Street, New York City - 1901
August 21, 1901. Thomas A. Edison Inc.
Alfred C. Abadie (the swell), Florence Georgie (the girl)
Filmmakers: Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming [?]
This film is a very early effort at presenting a ''story'' on film, in this case a punch line of sorts when a young lady has a Marilyn Monroe moment over a sidewalk steam vent. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it did not take much to make a man smile. A glimpse of stocking covered ankle or calf was enough. The early films 'Tenderloin at Night' (1899), and 'Two A.M. in the Subway' (1905) are other examples of 'leg show' Kinetoscopes from the period.
This was shot on 23rd Street facing 6th Avenue. The Sixth Avenue 'El' can be seen beyond the lamppost in the background.
The following year (1902) on 23rd Street between Fifth and Broadway, D. H. Burnham's Fuller or ''Flatiron'' Building was complete. It was quickly discovered that the wind in the area whipped up a mean gust which gave interested males a new hobby. If one stood around long enough during windy seasons, it might be possible to catch a glimpse of some frail's ankle. If it was really windy and a feller was really lucky and the gal was really unaware then maybe, just maybe, a guy could see some calf in a sudden gust.* The cops walking the beat along Twenty-third Street would make the leering young (and old) men move along with a wave of the nightstick and a pithy ''No loitering...skidoo!,'' giving rise to the term ''23 skidoo.'' Given that absolutely everyone wore hats, I'm sure it was also a common sight to see some boaters, bowlers, and feminine flowered chapeaus escape the head of their owners and roll away.* As if that isn't enough, they had to hope their hat wouldn't score a hit with one of those 'gifts' left behind by the numerous city work horses!
Russ Meyer: Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens trailer - 1979
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) is a satirical sexploitation film starring Kitten Natividad and Ann Marie with a cameo by Uschi Digard. It was directed by American motion picture director Russ Meyer, and written by Roger Ebert and Meyer.
Russ Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor and photographer.
Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and voluptuous women.
ShareThisRuss Meyer: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! trailer - 1965
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a 1965 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer, who also wrote the script with Jack Moran. It stars Tura Satana, Haji, and Lori Williams.
The film features gratuitous violence, sexuality, provocative gender roles, and campy dialogue. It is one of Meyer's more boldly titled and unflinchingly exploitative films, yet unlike most of his movies, it contains virtually no nudity.
The film was shot in the extreme western parts of the Mojave Desert. However, some of the scenes appear to have been filmed farther east, near Baker, CA. The last scenes in the film were made west of California City, and the rail line running between Mojave, CA and Trona, CA is clearly evident.
Three thrill-seeking go-go dancers — Billie (Lori Williams), Rosie (Haji), and their leader, Varla (Tura Satana) — encounter a young couple in the desert while drag racing. After killing the boyfriend (Ray Barlow) with her bare hands, Varla drugs, binds, gags and kidnaps his girlfriend, Linda (Susan Bernard). On a desolate highway, the four stop at a gas station, where they see an old man (Stuart Lancaster) and his muscular, dimwitted son, Vegetable (Dennis Busch).
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pokergirls — May 19, 2008 — A vintage striptease from the 1950s.
In America, striptease started in traveling carnivals and burlesque theatres, and featured famous strippers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand. The vaudeville trapeze artist, Charmion, performed a "disrobing" act onstage as early as 1896, which was captured in the 1901 Edison film, Trapeze Disrobing Act. Another milestone for modern American striptease is the possibly legendary show at Minsky's Burlesque in April 1925: The Night They Raided Minsky's. The Minsky brothers brought burlesque to New York's 42nd Street. However the burlesque theatres here were prohibited from having striptease performances in a legal ruling of 1937 leading to the later decline of these "grindhouses" (named after the bump 'n grind entertainment on offer) into venues for exploitation cinema.
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