Too Hot to Handle

Lili St. Cyr is about ready for bedtime, which of course she does in the nude. Live stage performance includes chorus girl act, The Folliettes, and the dance team The Duponts.

6 burlesque shows from 40ies and early 50ies that feature an orchestra, chorus lines, baggy pants comics and strippers.

Reclining on her chaise lounge in a see-through robe, Lili St. Cyr decides she needs a bubble bath. In a gilded tub fit for Marie Antoinette, she bares all that the law will allow. Then she squeezes into an evening gown and mink coat to paint the town red.

Filmed record of a burlesque performance.

Burlesque film. Leon De Voe sings "Ridin' Shotgun," accompanied by Loretta Miller and a chorus line. Slats Taylor and Clyde Hodges perform a comedy sketch about a young man seeking permission from an aged, deaf father to marry his daughter. Contessa Vera Richkova sings "La nuit pour moi" and performing an dance titled "The Black Angel." De Voe returns with the chorus and Miller to present "Good Bye Mary." Comedian Clyde Hodges portrays a drunk in a foreign restaurant, then dons blackface to impersonate male and female singers as he sings "Big Fat Cadillac." Patti Waggin sings "Something's Going to Happen" to De Voe, who responds with the song "My Baby Likes Fun." Richkova returns in "her spectacular dance ritual of seductive love and hate." The film closes with Lili St Cyr undressing to take a bath and preparing for bed.

Striptease and burlesque action at the Follies Theatre, 337 S. Main Street, Los Angeles.

Filmed record of a burlesque performance.

Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines.

A filmed record of a burlesque show featuring strippers and comedians.