Diary of a Nudist (1961)

Director:

Doris Wishman

Writer:

Doris Wishman (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 1966 (West Germany)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

Woman Reporter Poses as Nudist!

Plot:

Newspaper editor Arthur Sherwood is on a hunting trip when he accidentally stumbles upon a nudist camp in the woods...

Plot Keywords:

Nudist | Nudist Camp | Hunting | Reporter | Bra

Cast

Davee Decker	...	Stacy Taylor
Norman Casserly	...	Arthur Sherwood
Dolores Carlos	...	Marie
Allan Blacker
Maria Stinger	...	Eleanor
Harry W. Stinger	...	John
Brigitte Bernard		(as Brigette Bernard)
Allison Louise Downe		(as Bunny Downe)
Ronald M. Ziegler
June Marko
Gustave A. Hoek
Nellie Hoek
Phyllis Hoek	...	Phyllis
Sandra Hoek
Charles Allen

Also Known As:

Diary of a Girl Reporter (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Diary of a Naturist (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Girl Reporter Diary (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Nature Camp Confidential (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Nature Camp Diary (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Nudist Confidential (USA) (pre-release title)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Palmerton, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Dawn Productions

Trivia:

Even though this was filmed in the United States and the cast spoke English, all the dialog was dubbed by Titra Studios, the same company that was responsible for dubbing many of the Godzilla films as well as _"Mahha gô gô gô" (1967)_.

Goofs:

Continuity: The second carload of visitors to the camp is seen entering through the gate twice.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Extra Weird (2003) (V)

A Naked Time Capsule

Quite honestly, this film is crap. It's laughably written, woodenly acted, badly filmed and dubbed, and contains only a wisp of a plot. It's also pretty boring. And yet, I couldn't look away! Must have been the wall-to-wall nudity, the whole raison d'etre of this turkey.

It's quite refreshing to see so many beautiful naked women circa 1961. There's no silicone to be found, and these women look happy, healthy and well tanned. Watching them cavort for the length of this movie is a pleasure, but it's the only pleasure you'll get out of this lame duck.

The nudity must have been racy in its day, but today it's strictly PG. There's plenty of breasts and buttocks, both male and female, but none of the nasty bits. In fact, all the nudists either cover their genitalia with some object - a newspaper, a towel - or, they deliberately turn their hips away from the camera as they walk by. At one point there's a volleyball game taking place: the team with their backs to the camera is completely nude, but the team facing it are all wearing swimsuit bottoms. It's pretty silly stuff, but the charm lies in seeing such an abundant display of T&A in such an old film.

The plot, if anyone actually cares, concerns a female reporter going undercover at a nudist camp to gather material for an expose in some creepy guy's newspaper. She gets into it and becomes one of them, so the creepy guy decides to go undercover as well to write an expose of his own. He eventually gets converted to the cause, and never takes his trunks off the entire time. Oh, and somehow they announce that they love each other at the end which comes completely out of nowhere, it's ridiculous.

This is an utterly cheesy yet slightly titillating flick.