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Feature film — 2010

Behind the Burly Q (2010)

4.91h 37mDocumentary — History

Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.

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Director: Leslie Zemeckis

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Cast & crew

Bud Abbott as Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Alan Alda as Self

Alan Alda

Self

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Joan Arline

Self - 'The Sexquire Girl'

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Beverly Arlynne

Self

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Al Baker Jr.

Self - Son of Al Baker Sr.

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Nat Bodian

Self - Historian

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Taffy O'Neil

Self

Blaze Starr as Self

Blaze Starr

Self

Sally Rand as Self (archive footage)

Sally Rand

Self (archive footage)

Lili St. Cyr as Self (archive footage)

Lili St. Cyr

Self (archive footage)

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