Tuesday, November 19, 2024

LET’S GET PHYSICAL: EVERYBODY’S GIRL (1950) ** ½

FORMAT:  DVD

Here’s another filmed burlesque movie from director Lillian (Too Hot to Handle) Hunt.  Things kick off with the chorus girls performing a high energy matador inspired number.  The first featured dancer performs a striptease dressed as a harem girl.  Then, we get a comedy skit about a guy who sees invisible people before a cute blonde (who really knows how to move her hips) takes the stage for a striptease in a sheer white number.  That’s followed by another chorus line number, a brunette acrobatic routine, and a sexy blonde in a black sequin get-up.  The next comedy skit is about a social reformer trying to discourage men from checking out a nudist camp.  Then, “The Blonde Bombshell” Charmaine bares her bosom for a saucy little dance.  That’s followed by a gal in a harem girl outfit performing a dance routine (with a brief belly dancing interlude) and a slinky brunette doing a striptease out of a classy evening gown.  Next up is a comedy skit about a teacher dealing with a class clown.  Afterwards, “The Sex Atomic Sweetheart” Sylvia does a high energy strip number.  Another comedy sketch about ethnic girls selling dishes from their homeland follows.  The headliner, Gay Dawn closes the show with a routine that starts off balletic and classy and ends with her standing on her head and shaking her ass upside down.  I don’t know about you, but I consider that a solid way to end the movie. 

Everybody’s Girl is a shade or two better than your average filmed Burlesque flick.  It also shows a little bit more skin than some of the other Burlesque revue movies I’ve been watching lately.  Although quite honestly, it’s all harmless and tame and wouldn’t rate higher than an R (or maybe a generous PG-13).  Heck, even the comedy sequences aren’t too shabby in this one, which makes the whole thing go down smoother.  The invisible sketch is moderately clever (even if it goes on too long) and the nudist segment has a couple of amusing bits. 

AKA:  Hollywood Peep Show.

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