SCANALOUS WOMENThese are the women who made the news for all the wrong reasons. Some of the scandalous actions and actors where intentional and others not. These daring divas who give us fascinating stories and true-to-life lessons.
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ANNABELLE WHITFORD: The Scandalous “She Wouldn’t Girl
Imagine being a 17-year-old Burlesque dancer who introduces Americans to exotic dance and then created a national scandal by refusing to take her clothes off at a high society party. This is the remarkable story of Annabelle, the first movie star in a color movie produced by Thomas Edison.
PUSSY RIOT
Pussy Riot is an incredible group of feminist punk musicians! Where others have feared to tread, they have gone. Personally, I am a great fan. If you are not familiar with them and the history they made, please do yourself a favor and check this video out.
HEDDY LAMARR'S ECSTACY
Ecstasy was highly controversial in its time because of scenes in which Lamarr swims in the nude and runs through the countryside naked. It is also perhaps the first non-pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse and female orgasm, although never showing more than the actors' faces. The film was celebrated as the first motion picture to include a nude scene, rather than the first to show sexual intercourse, for which it has a better claim.
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The Autobiography of Calamity Jane (Marthy Cannary Burke) in her own words. Plus her days as a soiled dove (prostitute).
After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s and has an ever increasing and significant cult following.
The group gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 21, 2012
Imagine being a 17-year-old Burlesque dancer who introduces Americans to exotic dance and then created a national scandal by refusing to take her clothes off at a high society party. This is the remarkable story of Annabelle, the first movie star in a color movie produced by Thomas Edison. The first Gibson Girl. The original Nell Brinkley Girl. And the personification of the Christy Girl. [1]
A selection of Betty Boop cartoons before and after the Hays Code took place in Hollywood.
An unhappy bride returns to her father and meets an engineer who sees her nude chasing her horse.