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That's Sexploitation!( 2013)

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This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Frank Henenlotter

      Himself

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      David F. Friedman

      Himself

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      Gal Friday

      Herself

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      Albert Cadabra

      Himself

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      Eleanor Ames

      Self (archive footage)

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      Virginia Bell

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Mary Blair

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Manny Brown

      Self (archive footage)

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      Doreen Cannon

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Peter A. DeCenzie

      Self (archive footage)

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      Kalantan

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Herschell Gordon Lewis

      Self (archive footage)

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      Russ Meyer

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bettie Page

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Russell Patterson

      Self - Pinup Artist (archive footage)

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      Iva Pratt

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Sally Rand

      Self - Burlesque Fan Dancer (archive footage)

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      Vera Richkova

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Rosita Royce

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Louis K. Sher

      Self (archive footage)

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      Dan Sonney

      Self (archive footage)

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      Georgia Sothern

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Lili St. Cyr

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Blaze Starr

      Self/Belle Fleming (archive footage)

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      Tempest Storm

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Doris Wishman

      Self (archive footage)

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      William H. Hays

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bebe Hughs

      Nudist Fencer (archive footage)

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      Cherrie Knight

      Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

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      Mike Vraney

      Self (archive footage)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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