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That's Sexploitation! (2013)

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.

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Frank Henenlotter

Frank Henenlotter

Himself

Gal Friday

Gal Friday

Herself

Virginia Bell

Virginia Bell

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Russ Meyer

Russ Meyer

Self (archive footage)

Bettie Page

Bettie Page

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Sally Rand

Sally Rand

Self - Burlesque Fan Dancer (archive footage)

Lili St. Cyr

Lili St. Cyr

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Blaze Starr

Blaze Starr

Self/Belle Fleming (archive footage)

Tempest Storm

Tempest Storm

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

William H. Hays

William H. Hays

Self (archive footage)

Frank Henenlotter, Donald A. Davis, David F. Friedman

Director

Frank Henenlotter, Donald A. Davis, David F. Friedman

Writer

Jimmy Maslon, Mike Vraney, David F. Friedman, Donald A. Davis, Arther Knight

Producer

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