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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305908432
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 6305908435
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Running Time: 72 minutes
Sales Rank: 82541
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1954
Editorial Review:
Description:
Bettie Page and Lily St. Cyr in a Burly-Q classic! The legendary Queen of the Curves, Bettie Page, America's greatest pin-up model, stars in 'Varietease,' a unique peek at the wonderful world of burlesque, complete with singers, slickers, and saucy strippers! Flashing her sexy smile and gyrating in a harem girl costume, Bettie Page does her Dance of the Four Veils and easily steals the show. Another legend, the sophisticated and sparkling Lili St. Cyr, shows us just how elegant a strip tease can be. Aiding and abetting are jokester Bobby Shields, bikini-clad Chris La Chris, warblers Cass Franklin and Monica Lane, exuberant contortionist Twinnie Wallens, and 'famed female impersonator' Vicky Lynn. Produced and directed by girly-pix impresario Irving Klaw (the man who photographed Bettie in bondage), he and Miss Page reteamed the following year with 'Teaserama.'
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Bettie Page
Excellent representation of the genre of burlesque, with good joke skits. The musical numbers cannot be matched today, and that is a loss!
Rating: - Bettie couldn't dance, but who cares?
Bettie loses some "coolness points" when she dances, but if you go into frame-by-frame mode on your DVD player it's obvious that each frame of her dancing would have made a great still shot in and of itself. Proof that she was a great poser, and a lousy dancer, but as she has said herself, she was "far from being a professional dancer". Still, she is very appealing, despite the fact that neither my husband nor myself could contain our unabated laughter during her dance scenes. Her sparkle and sense ... Read More
Rating: - ANOTHER GREAT TIME CAPSULE.....
More delightful Bettie Page in a variety of teasy routines and charming "come-ons". You can see why she is a cult item now. There was no one like her. The rest of this DVD is devoted to corny routines with the exception of the notorious Lili St.Cyr---a legendary stripper of the time. She is beautiful and her vignettes are classy and professional. She, like Page, was also a favorite of photographers---most notably Bernard of Hollywood. This is a must for nostalgia buffs and a rare look at what used ... Read More
Rating: - Bettie doesn't dance well, but she doesn't need to
Bettie again displays her incredible beauty and presence. I have never seen Bettie in films until recently, and she shows here she is more attractive and seductive when in motion.
I say this much: Bettie Page wasn't a very good dancer. But she doesn't need to be. She knows how to use what she has like no other showgirl ever could. I found her "Dance of the Four Veils" rather subdued for Bettie, and the makeup artist went overboard before sending her onstage. But the main thing to note is ... Read More
Rating: - BURLESQUE AT ITS FINEST!
This DVD is a time piece about a gone art -- burlesque! It is excellent -- from Bettie Page to Lili St Cyr (who is more beautiful than I realized), this DVD has all the kitsch of a bygone era! Also included with this DVD is a skit from "Striporama" where Bettie Page speaks! The quality is superior to that in Striporama (which you should avoid like the plague). This DVD is not for someone who wants a strip film, but rather is for the lover of a lost art form -- burlesque!
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