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Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004) (TV)
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Ring legends such as The Fabulous Moolah and Gladys "Kill 'Em" Gillem Long provide candid insights into the history of women's professional wrestling. | add synopsis
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the way it REALLY was
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(Credited cast)| Gladys Gillem | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler 1942-1962 (as Gladys 'Killem' Gillem) | |
| Lillian Ellison | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler 1949-Present (as Fabulous Moolah) | |
| Mae Young | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler 1940-Present | |
| Ida May Martinez | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestling 1952-1959 | |
| Penny Banner | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler 1952-1971 | |
| Ella Waldek | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler 1952-1971 | |
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| Lou Albano | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Mars Bennett | ... | Himself, Promoter | |
| Maria Bernardi | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Eric Bischoff | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Fred Blassie | ... | Himself, Pro Wrestler (archive footage) (as Classy Freddie Blassie) | |
| Janet Boyer-Wolfe | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler (archive footage) | |
| Mildred Burke | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler (archive footage) | |
| June Byers | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Rita Cortez-Lee | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Darling Dagmar | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler (archive footage) | |
| Judy Grable | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Jody Hamilton | ... | Himself (as Joe Hamilton) | |
| Joe Hamilton | ... | Himself, Manager | |
| Karl Lauer | ... | Himself, Promoter | |
| Cyndi Lauper | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Marie Laverne | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Sara Lee | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Diamond Lil | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Penny Mitchell | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Sputnik Monroe | ... | Himself, Pro Wrestler | |
| Gene Okerlund | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jack Pfeffer | ... | Himself, Promoter | |
| Wendy Richter | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Gypsy Rose | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler (archive footage) | |
| Millie Stafford | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Nell Stewart | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
| Tona Touch | ... | Herself, Girl Wrestler | |
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Alt-Country singer Neko Case, who performs on the soundtrack, discovered while watching a rough cut of the film that one of the wrestlers, Ella Waldek, is actually an aunt of hers whom she had never met before. They subsequently met for the first time at the film's premiere.
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Features "WWF Monday Night RAW" (1993)
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Ballad of a Gink
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Here's a story we haven't been told repeatedly, a story of the way it really was "way back when."
"Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling" interviews the rather plain spoken, straightforward women who were the pioneers of women's wrestling, back when it was know as "the girl wrestlers." Anyone who wonders just how far the women's rights movement has actually come needs to watch this, and then be thankful that these 'tough broads' paved the way for women to be what they want, just like men-- and just like men, no matter how stupid the goal, it gets to be their choice.
I want this doc on DVD. Tough, brutal, plain, and worth every moment. .