I very much like the old style softcore. They feature normal girls with no plastic or ink and the scenes are sexy, not anatomy lessons. This is a film of a burlesque show, with singers, comics ("but this one is eating my popcorn") and strippers, who never quite get topless and not even in the neighborhood of bottomless. But it's an accurate account of a piece of history.
3 Reviews
Decent for What It Is
Michael_Elliott21 January 2018
Too Hot to Handle (1950)
** (out of 4)
This here is an actual burlesque show so what entertainment you get out of it will probably depend on how interested you are in the subject. These burlesque shows were obviously very popular at one time but they slowly started to go away once other forms of sexuality started to roll in.
Dixie Evans, Novita, Jean Carter and various other ladies do their stage act during the film, which clocks in at just under a hour. If you're looking for some sort of ground-breaking dancing then you really shouldn't expect that here. The dances are slightly entertaining for the most part but there's honestly nothing here that seperates this film from the countless other burlesque shows out there.
As with many of the other shows, this one here also features a comedy act but if you're watching this sober then it's doubtful you'll laugh. The comedy act gets to perform a couple times throughout the show and I must admit that they never made me laugh. In fact, nothing in the film really held my attention and it was rather difficult not to lose focus on what was happening.
** (out of 4)
This here is an actual burlesque show so what entertainment you get out of it will probably depend on how interested you are in the subject. These burlesque shows were obviously very popular at one time but they slowly started to go away once other forms of sexuality started to roll in.
Dixie Evans, Novita, Jean Carter and various other ladies do their stage act during the film, which clocks in at just under a hour. If you're looking for some sort of ground-breaking dancing then you really shouldn't expect that here. The dances are slightly entertaining for the most part but there's honestly nothing here that seperates this film from the countless other burlesque shows out there.
As with many of the other shows, this one here also features a comedy act but if you're watching this sober then it's doubtful you'll laugh. The comedy act gets to perform a couple times throughout the show and I must admit that they never made me laugh. In fact, nothing in the film really held my attention and it was rather difficult not to lose focus on what was happening.
Burlesque exploitation
sandlot325 August 2011
Warning: Spoilers
This is an entire burlesque show, complete with a live band. Typical sexploitation of the 1950s. Plus most of the jokes and songs are corny. Five strippers strut their stuff in between bawdy songs and sexy jokes delivered by burlesque singers and comedians. It stars Patti Waggin, Dixie Evans, Novita, Melodee Lane and Jean Carter as the showgirls. Leon DeVoe and Jean Carter as the vocalists. Harry Savoy and Mannie King as the comedians. Originally titled Fig Leaf Frolics. 58 minutes in B&W. Waggin is the athletic one with the cute girl-next-door look. She married major league baseball pitcher Don Rudolph in 1955. That was her third marriage. Dixie Evans billed herself as the "Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque." Lee Evans sings the blues song "Hot Nuts" and then strips.
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