Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1962)

Director:

Doris Wishman

Writer:

Doris Wishman (writer)

Release Date:

July 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

Blaze Starr, Proud and Beautiful...UNCOVERED by Nature's Intimate Paradise

Plot:

Stripper Blaze Starr, playing herself, drives her agent--who is also her fiancé--to distraction by ignoring scheduled "press functions" and spending her weekends at a nudist camp. |

Plot Keywords:

Nudist | Stripper | Nudist Camp | Camp | Psychotronic

Cast

Blaze Starr	...	Blaze Starr / Belle Fleming
Gene Berk	...	Tony
William Mayer	...	D. W.
Sandra Sinclair
Stephen Bloom
Allison Louise Downe		(as Bunny Downe)
Jim Antonio		(as James Antonio)
Warrene Gray
Richard Johnson
Mary Jo Walls
Joan Bamford
Craig Maudslay Jr.
Dolores K. Norris
Lee Abell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ralph Young	...	Andy Simms (as Russ Martine)
Doris Wishman	...	Meg (uncredited)

Directed by
Doris Wishman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Doris Wishman		writer (as Melvin Stanley)

Produced by
Doris Wishman	....	producer

Cinematography by
Raymond Phelan		(as Raymond Pheelan)

Film Editing by
Martin Samuels

Camera and Electrical Department
Bunny Yeager	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Judy J. Kushner	....	composer: theme music (song "Going Back to Nature") (song "The Moon is the Lamp of Love") (as J. J. Kendall)
Ralph Young	....	vocalist: theme song (song "The Moon is the Lamp of Love")

Production Companies

• Juri Productions

Distributors

• Doe-Rae Pictures Inc. (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• B&O Film Specialists  titles and opticals
• Movielab  color
• Titra Sound Corporation  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Back to Nature (USA) (short title)
Blaze Starr Goes Back to Nature (USA) (bowdlerized title)
Blaze Starr Goes Wild
Blaze Starr the Original (USA) (video title)
Busting Out (USA) (reissue title)
Nature Girl (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (2009) (DVD)

Filming Locations:

Sunny Palms Lodge, Homestead, Florida, USA

Company:

Juri Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)

A moving and inspirational experience...

I never fully realized the pressures of being an actress. The story obviously hit so close to home that Blaze Starr just plays herself. Anyone who feels exhausted and disenchanted with their job or life in general will relate to Blaze's circumstances. The attention paid to the details is astounding. Never has a film stretched the musical montage sequence and make it work so well with the theme. This movie is nearly perfect. The only flaw was that it was too short.