Hollywood Peep Show
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lillian Hunt
Lily
Leon De Voe
Benny "wop" Moore
The Nudy Cuties
Chili Pepper
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At the New Follies Theatre in Los Angeles, a burlesque show features various striptease dances as well as skits, including a skit about a nudist colony, and one about Russian Communist leader Joseph Stalin.
Director
Lillian Hunt
Cast
Lily
Leon De Voe
Benny "wop" Moore
The Nudy Cuties
Chili Pepper
Frenchy La Von
Chrystal Starr
Ginger Du Val
Nona Carver
Arty Lloyd
George Rose
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The viewed print was titled "B" Girl Rhapsody, the title under which it was reviewed in the July 1, 1953 The Exhibitor. Title credits of the viewed print appeared as follows: "Broadway Roadshow Productions Presents Peerless, Breath-Taking Lily in "B" Girl Rhapsody." The film opens with the following written foreword: "Just as Hollywood is recognized as the World Capital of motion pictures, so has Los Angeles become the premier producer of Burlesque-the poor man's musical comedy and the tired business man's favorite relaxation. We take you now to your seat, center row front, at Los Angeles' famous New Follies Theatre, home of the world's most beautiful girls and funniest commedians. Hold Everything, Here Come the Cuties!" In the onscreen credits, editor George M. Merrick's middle initial is incorrectly listed as "W." Although the onscreen credits contain a 1952 copyright statement for Broadway Roadshow Productions, the film is not listed in the Copyright Catalog.
"B" Girl Rhapsody was released under the title Hollywood Peep Show, which also was an alternate title for the unrelated 1951 film Everybody's Girl (see entry above). Within the viewed print the film briefly stops, and credits appear for a 1952 short film entitled Wham Wham Girls, released by Candl Productions, Inc. Wham Wham Girls May have been part of the film when it was released in 1953 as "B" Girl Rhapsody. According to copyright records of Wham Wham Girls, it had a running time of 20 minutes, the approximate difference between the running times listed in the two The Exhibitor reviews. The NYSA, which recorded the footage of Hollywood Peep Show as 6,615 feet, lists an additional alternate title as B-Girl Burlesque.
Other scenes included in the viewed print, which May or May not have appeared in the original Hollywood Peep Show, include a dance by Joan Bridges, a comedy skit about a champion Texas sharpshooter and a partially narrated scene, which appears to be an excerpt from another film, in which a woman dances in a bar while the narrator observes that "regular slave auctions were held on the premises." An additional, unidentified song is also performed; however, it has not been determined if Phil Green, credited for music, was the composer.
