Blaze Starr Goes Nudist


Blaze Starr Goes Nudist is a 1962 American nudist film, directed and produced by Doris Wishman. The film stars burlesque queen Blaze Starr and crooner Ralph Young. It was written by Melvin Stanley.

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.

Release

The film premiered in Los Angeles on 1 July 1962.

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."