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Varietease

Starring: Irving Klaw, Bobby Shields Director: Irving Klaw
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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."


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Digitally mastered
Audio commentary by David F. Friedman
Original theatrical trailers for "Varietease" and "Teaserama"
Bettie Page speaks in a scene from the color burlesque feature "Striporama"
"Teaser Girl in High Heels," a Panorama Glamour-Girl arcade short subject from the 1950s
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5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER GREAT TIME CAPSULE....., Nov 1 2002
By Mark Norvell (HOUSTON) - See all my reviews
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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 to be called "burlesque".
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bettie doesn't dance well, but she doesn't need to, Oct 21 2002
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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 that Bettie is Bettie - the most alluring woman I have ever seen.

Since she is a part of a former pop culture, we should be glad that she has been preserved on digital media. Her appearance in the "Dream Scene" from Striporama is a rare speaking role, and she shows just how cute she really is.

The film quality is good, considering what the original must be like after all these years. Remember that too many older, less popular films will not be digitized and saved for the ages, so I feel ANY clips of Bettie are worth having.

Hopefully, Striporama will make its way to DVD, just as Teaserama and Variatease have done. Let's save those precious motion pictures of Bettie Page, because I for one feel she was the most underrated model (pin-up, glamour girl, etc.) ever. She makes today's supermodels look like superhyped swizzle sticks. Long Live Bettie!

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5.0 out of 5 stars BURLESQUE AT ITS FINEST!, Sep 26 2001
By Amy R. Steppe "Harkleroade" (Wherever the Jobs Take Me) - See all my reviews
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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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1.0 out of 5 stars Let the buyer beware!
Unspeakably awful! There's very little of Bettie, and a great, great deal of excruciatingly cornball late-'50s style variety "entertainment" that you might imagine might... Read more
Published on Jul 26 2000 by A disgruntled customer

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