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
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Alda
as Self
Joan Arline
as Self - 'The Sexquire Girl'
Beverly Arlynne
as Self
Al Baker Jr.
as Self - Son of Al Baker Sr.
Nat Bodian
as Self - Historian
Taffy O'Neil
as Self
Blaze Starr
as Self
Sally Rand
as Self (archive footage)
Lili St. Cyr
as Self (archive footage)
