Blaze Starr Goes Nudist

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Blaze Starr Goes Nudist
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Directed by Doris Wishman
Written byMelvin Stanley
Produced byDoris Wishman
Starring Blaze Starr
Russ Martine
Gene Berk
CinematographyRaymond Pheelan
Edited byMartin Samuels
Music bySongs by J. J. Kendall
Production
company
Juri Productions
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (also known as Busting Out and Blaze Starr Goes Back to Nature [1] ) is a 1962 American nudist film, directed and produced by Doris Wishman. [2] The film stars burlesque queen Blaze Starr and crooner Ralph Young (as "Russ Martine"). It was written by Melvin Stanley.

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Plot

Screen siren Blaze Starr is tired of the rigors of celebrity life. After wandering into a screening of a nudist exploitation film, she travels to Sunny Palms Lodge, a nearby nudist camp, to apply for membership. Blaze enjoys the relaxed atmosphere the camp offers and becomes friends with the camp's director, Andy Simms. Her lack of interest in her professional life quickly becomes apparent to her manager/boyfriend Tony, however, who worries that Blaze will lose her acting contract if the studio finds out she's a nudist. As fate would have it, it turns out the studio head endorses the nudist lifestyle, and Blaze and Andy start a new romance.

Cast

Production

The nude scenes were filmed at Sunny Palms Lodge in Homestead, Florida.

Music

The film features the songs "Going Back To Nature" and "The Moon is The Lamp of Love" by J. J. Kendall.

Modern appraisal

Georgina Guthrie wrote for the British Film Institute: "Frothy escapism is the name of the game in Wishman’s fourth feature, an oddly innocent sun-drenched fantasy ... Highlights include its soft lounge jazz soundtrack, a pop-art colour palette and outrageous outfits aplenty." [3]

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References

  1. Lipskin, Larry (2 August 1962). "Broadway Merry-Go-Round" . The Hollywood Reporter . 171 (21): 4 via ProQuest.
  2. "Blaze Starr Goes Nudist". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. Guthrie, Georgina (16 June 2022). "10 great films about camping". British Film Institute . Retrieved 4 January 2025.