The Nudist Story

This title has been available for quite some time from Something Weird Video under the title For Members only, The Nudist Story. This was the original complete title in the UK. Film quality is excellent. The opening credits briefly switch from the original to the title page of "Pussycat Paradise" and then back to the original. That was a brief alternate title in the mid to later 60s.

I don't have any idea how long this movie has been available, but it was a happy shock to learn of it's original British title, Google it, and discovery that it has been here for some time.

Beyond the opening credits, the film remains complete and beautiful quality. There is even a film trailer after the end of the feature.

THE NUDIST STORY is your garden-variety nudie flick, with a threadbare plot of sorts to keep the momentum going and more than half the running time devoted to cinema verite-style footage of men and women going about their business at a nudist camp. It was made by the 'British Sunbathing Association' and feels at times like a propaganda flick; you can guess the kind of viewers this type of film attracted.

Lead actress Shelly Martin puts in a surprisingly good performance in the leading role as a prim and proper young woman who treats the idea of nudist camps with the usual prejudice. When she inherits one and begins to learn more about it, her eyes are opened to a very different world. A love triangle sub-plot of sorts serves to drag out the short running time a little further, while topless nudity from woman after woman - not all of them young and nubile either - is the order of the day. It's nothing more than a forgettable fluff piece in retrospect.

Stephen Blake - "Have you ever been to a nudist camp Miss Robinson?" Jane Robinson - "Certainly not!" "The Nudist Story" is a 1960 British B movie, nicely shot in colour. Jane is a young business woman who inherits her Grandfather's nudist camp, at first she is quite shocked but her opinion changes when she falls in love with Stephen, a lawyer and secretary of said club. I can think of three different driving factors behind this movie - 1. It presents a case for public acceptance of nudist clubs (which is does well). 2. It is a drama/love story. 3. It is an excuse to show of lots of naked flesh. Though the latter is tastefully done I could imagine plenty of men in long coats going to the cinema to see this for a dose of titillation! The budget was obviously quite low, some of the sets look very studio bound and the acting varies from acceptable to poor (Gloria, who tries to put a stop to Jane and Stephen's romance, is played but a very wooden - though attractive - French actress). "Highlights" (for wants of a better word) include watching two couples perform synchronised (or at least they try to be) swimming, seeing Jane strip off for the first time and a song and dance segment. This last bit has the happy campers perform cheesy singing and dancing to band music despite no band being there, and it does drag on. In the UK the movie is rated BBFC 15 yet the excellent Talking Pictures TV screened it with an 18. That was very odd as there is nothing sexual or explicit about this harmless movie, there are even children in the cast, naked along with adults but all quite innocent. I had never heard of this film before and it does not appear in any of my movie books. As something of a curiosity I found it to be a fairly entertaining watch, for a movie made in Britain in 1960 I was surprised by the amount of flesh on display. For people interested in the history of "skin flicks" this is recommended viewing.

I saw a movie with the same title,in color.I loved the story and the movie.I have been looking for a copy of it for years with no luck.It was about a girl who somehow had the authority to confiscate a nudist camp because somehow she was in control of its assets.The participants wanted to show her around,and convince her of the wholeness of the nudist lifstyle.She reluctantly agreed to meet the nudists.She became somewhat attracted by a man who ran the camp.She was showed the camp by him.Later,she removed her clothes and participated in the lifestyle.The camp was saved.Another actress liked the same guy,so there was a little catfighting going on.This lady was introduced to another nudist couple,who were friends with the man who ran the camp.So they helped convince her of the wholeness of the lifestyle,also.I remember her eating an apple,sitting at a picnic table with this man.It was a cute scene.Also,there was some kind of a party for "the old lady",who was the actual owner.Can you help me locate this film?

This title popped up on youtube. I'm sure it was marketed for its titillating subject, a throwaway "adult" low-bill title. It's actually fairly well made, with decent acting and production values. The story is exactly what you might expect, but it's not bad. Except for the skin, this could be Disney film.

There is some padding in the middle, where we're treated to not one but two full-length songs. Maybe they were giving the drive-in audience a chance to go to the snack bar. Also, being very English and very 1960, it's extra shades of whiteness.