A Virgin in Hollywood

Naïve small-town journalist Darla Sloan drives into Los Angeles and recalls how her editor, Mr. Hanson, has assigned her to write an expose about her true experiences in Hollywood. She immediately buys a map to the stars's homes but finds the houses dull and vows to discover a way to thrill her readers. To that end, she gets lost in the Hollywood hills and, upon seeing someone slip over a stone wall, follows. The eerie, deserted area she wanders into frightens her, especially after a masked figure leaps out from behind a tree. When Darla falls, she is encircled by strangers, but soon discovers that they are only models hiding from onlookers. They allow Darla to watch a photo shoot, during which lecherous "artists" pose the beautiful, scantily clad women. Other models sunbathe nearly nude. At the end of the day, one of the photographers whom Darla calls "Tall Tom" asks her to model, and she agrees to consider it. Darla then receives an invitation to a burlesque show, which she attends. She watches several strip teases, comedy sketches and exotic dances. A few days later, Darla's new friend, another model, reads her article detailing Darla's first session with Tall Tom. Although Darla begins the session very nervous, her fears about Tom prove unwarranted, and he merely takes pictures of her in a negligee. She sends the article and photos to Hanson, who admires both. Later, Darla tells her friend that Hanson makes her feel as if she "swallowed an electric vibrator," and her friend diagnoses her as being in love. To gather more material, Darla answers some personal ads. The first calls himself "Mr. Sophisticate," but when he appears, he performs gags with trick flowers and tells bad jokes, and Darla shows him the door. The next suitor is an actor named Sir Reginald Reginald, and although he is debonair, he quickly becomes drunk and chases Darla around the room with a whip until she hits him on the head with an empty bottle. She answers one last ad, which advertises a man who is "safe and sound," but the elderly gentleman in question takes her to a club and promptly falls asleep. Darla goes to the ladies lounge, where she attempts to smoke a cigarette and is asked to compare her legs with those of Genee, who soon reveals himself to be a female impersonator. Back at the newspaper office, Hanson is growing concerned about Darla's safety. Soon after, Darla takes a job as a lingerie model and notes that for some reason all the customers are male. Jean, Francine and Wanda lure the customers with dances and seductive poses, but Darla remains in demure costumes. One day, model Judith grows jealous of Darla and rips off her slip. The women fight their way into the building's lobby, where, unknown to Darla, Hanson has just arrived. Darla mistakenly punches her boss, after which he falls into her lap. To show him how much she has learned in the big city, Darla envelops Hanson in a passionate kiss.