
2010
The Story of Burlesque in America.
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.

Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage)

Alan Alda
Self

Joan Arline
Self - 'The Sexquire Girl'

Beverly Arlynne
Self

Al Baker Jr.
Self - Son of Al Baker Sr.

Nat Bodian
Self - Historian

Taffy O'Neil
Self

Blaze Starr
Self

Sally Rand
Self (archive footage)

Lili St. Cyr
Self (archive footage)

Birth/Mother

Face to Face: The Schappell Twins

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Mr. X

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

Chippendales: Off the Cuff

Small Talk

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

The Battle of The Alamo

How to Meet a Mermaid

Salvador (Puig Antich)

Kaleidoscope

Marie Antoinette

How to Cook Your Life

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Last Hijack

Travelling with Tove

Haru, Island of the Solitary

The Donner Party