Look Ma, No Clothes

In 1956 New York State banned a nudist colony documentary entitled The Garden of Eden. On appeal however, the courts ruled that nudity in and of itself was not obscene. Independent film make... Read allIn 1956 New York State banned a nudist colony documentary entitled The Garden of Eden. On appeal however, the courts ruled that nudity in and of itself was not obscene. Independent film makers were becoming bolder and films like Russ Meyer's Mr. Tease and His Playthings (1959) be... Read allIn 1956 New York State banned a nudist colony documentary entitled The Garden of Eden. On appeal however, the courts ruled that nudity in and of itself was not obscene. Independent film makers were becoming bolder and films like Russ Meyer's Mr. Tease and His Playthings (1959) began to appear. In main stream Hollywood, little changed but European films continued to ev... Read all