Merry Maids of the Gay Way
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
James R. Connell
Cherri Lee
Sherry Winters
Doreen Cannon
Betty Shay
Taffy Terrell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
This film, a record of a burlesque show, features a song performed offscreen by Pat O'Shea, eleven dances with stripteases, including tap-dancer Cherri Lee and the star performer Zabouda, and four comedy skits. One of the skits depicts a gambler who tricks his girl friend with a fake flower that squirts water, and another skit features a wealthy couple who enlist their maid's help in seducing their daughter's fiancé to ensure that he is masculine. Two other skits portray a mathematics trick and a man learning how to offer his girl friend money so that she will not accept it, and a skit featuring a drunken man attempting to place a telephone call on a public phone, after which he is nearly arrested by a policeman. The show concludes with the dancers taking a bow.
Director
James R. Connell
Cast
Cherri Lee
Sherry Winters
Doreen Cannon
Betty Shay
Taffy Terrell
Petty Varga
Rhea Walker
Gerri Darnelle
Diane De Layne
Janine France
Zabouda
Billy Reed
Ray Parsons
Michael Edwards
Collette
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
No reviews were found for Merry Maids of the Gay Way; however, the title was approved for exhibition in New York state in 1953. NYSA also lists the following alternate titles for this film: Keyhole Burlesque, A Nite at the Follies, School for Strippers and Merry Maids of the Runway. Although a July 29, 1953 The Exhibitor review for the film Merry Maids of Runway [sic] credits the same director and some of the same cast as Merry Maids of the Gay Way, the featured performer is listed as Zorita, most likely a typographical mistake. Merry Maids of the Gay Way May be a re-release or contain segments of Merry Maids of the Runway; however, the films do not appear to be comprised of the exact same performances.
