Carol Doda’s XXX-rated legacy is captured in the documentary “Topless at the Condor.”
Doda made history in 1964 as the first topless dancer in America. Doda’s residency at the Condor in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco propelled her to international sex symbol status. As Doda coos in the IndieWire-exclusive Red Band trailer, “I want to be in show business, and I don’t know any other way than by showing my business.”
“Carol Doda Topless at the Condor” is co-directed and produced by Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker, with Metallica co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich and Vincent Palomino additionally producing. The film premiered at Telluride before screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Picturehouse is distributing.
The official synopsis reads: “Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her debut as America’s first topless dancer.
Doda made history in 1964 as the first topless dancer in America. Doda’s residency at the Condor in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco propelled her to international sex symbol status. As Doda coos in the IndieWire-exclusive Red Band trailer, “I want to be in show business, and I don’t know any other way than by showing my business.”
“Carol Doda Topless at the Condor” is co-directed and produced by Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker, with Metallica co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich and Vincent Palomino additionally producing. The film premiered at Telluride before screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Picturehouse is distributing.
The official synopsis reads: “Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her debut as America’s first topless dancer.
- 2/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Melissa Bolona has booked the lead role in indie thriller Murder At The Mansion, which is currently filming in Kentucky. Sam Irvin is directing the film that follows Ruby (Bolona) a Child adopted into an affluent family who struggles to mediate the chaos roiling around her as she plans her impending wedding at her fiancé’s family’s lavish countryside estate. Anna Hutchison (The Cabin in the Woods), Madison McKinley (The Wolf of Wall Street), and James McCaffrey (Max Payne) co-star in the pic from Stargazer Films. Bolona, who recently appeared in Acts Of Violence starring Bruce Willis, is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Innovative Artists.
Glee and Switched At Birth alum Max Adler has joined Trevor Donovan and Vanessa Angel in the indie film, Hot Water, which is being directed by Larry Rippenkroeger. The plot follows a cocky young jet skier,...
Glee and Switched At Birth alum Max Adler has joined Trevor Donovan and Vanessa Angel in the indie film, Hot Water, which is being directed by Larry Rippenkroeger. The plot follows a cocky young jet skier,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“90210” star Trevor Donovan has been set for a lead role in the action-comedy “Hot Water,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Hot Water” starts principle photography this summer on Lake Havasu in Arizona and is currently shooting second-unit action sequences around the country at various pro jet ski competitions.
Larry Rippenkroeger, a champion jet skier who has credits as a stuntman in more than 150 feature films and TV shows, is directing from his own script. His recent stunt credits include “Transformers: The Last Knight” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” Rippenkroeger is producing with Vince Palomino, Paula Rippenkroeger, and Michael Yanni in what’s described as an homage to the action-comedy movies of the 1980s and 1990s.
Donovan will star in “Hot Water” as a jet skier who comes out of retirement at Lake Havasu to coach a cocky young skier who could set the world on fire but needs to defeat his greatest nemesis,...
“Hot Water” starts principle photography this summer on Lake Havasu in Arizona and is currently shooting second-unit action sequences around the country at various pro jet ski competitions.
Larry Rippenkroeger, a champion jet skier who has credits as a stuntman in more than 150 feature films and TV shows, is directing from his own script. His recent stunt credits include “Transformers: The Last Knight” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” Rippenkroeger is producing with Vince Palomino, Paula Rippenkroeger, and Michael Yanni in what’s described as an homage to the action-comedy movies of the 1980s and 1990s.
Donovan will star in “Hot Water” as a jet skier who comes out of retirement at Lake Havasu to coach a cocky young skier who could set the world on fire but needs to defeat his greatest nemesis,...
- 8/1/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
By Wrap Staff
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to "Mercy," the closing-night film of the 2010 Gen Art Film Festival.
Patrick Hoelck makes his directing debut on the romantic drama, written and produced by Scott Caan.
Caan also stars, along with his father, James Caan, and Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity, Erika Christensen, Alexie Gilmore, John Boyd, Dylan McDermot and Whitney Able.
Vince Palomino and Phil Parmet also produce.
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IFC Films has acquired North American rights to "Mercy," the closing-night film of the 2010 Gen Art Film Festival.
Patrick Hoelck makes his directing debut on the romantic drama, written and produced by Scott Caan.
Caan also stars, along with his father, James Caan, and Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity, Erika Christensen, Alexie Gilmore, John Boyd, Dylan McDermot and Whitney Able.
Vince Palomino and Phil Parmet also produce.
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- 3/9/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Two new bits of horror goodness are heading home on June 2nd from E1 Entertainment, and we've got a look at both of them for ya!
In the vein of When a Stranger Calls and Disturbia, the suspense unfolds in Elsewhere, a new teen thriller featuring rising star Anna Kendrick (Twilight, Rocket Science). In Elsewhere, Kendrick plays the responsible, straight-laced half of an unlikely pair of best friends, who finds herself wrapped up in a dark mystery in which the whole town seems to be participating. E1 Entertainment presents Elsewhere to audiences for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray for $24.98 Srp.
Both formats include over two hours of bonus features, including an audio commentary with director Nathan Hope and producer Vincent Palomino, behind-the scenes footage and cast interviews, deleted scenes, and more.
Official Synopsis
Sarah (Kendrick) and Jillian (Raymonde) have been best friends for so long they can't remember when their friendship started.
In the vein of When a Stranger Calls and Disturbia, the suspense unfolds in Elsewhere, a new teen thriller featuring rising star Anna Kendrick (Twilight, Rocket Science). In Elsewhere, Kendrick plays the responsible, straight-laced half of an unlikely pair of best friends, who finds herself wrapped up in a dark mystery in which the whole town seems to be participating. E1 Entertainment presents Elsewhere to audiences for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray for $24.98 Srp.
Both formats include over two hours of bonus features, including an audio commentary with director Nathan Hope and producer Vincent Palomino, behind-the scenes footage and cast interviews, deleted scenes, and more.
Official Synopsis
Sarah (Kendrick) and Jillian (Raymonde) have been best friends for so long they can't remember when their friendship started.
- 4/30/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
• Anna Kendrick (pictured), the young actress who plays Jessica in the new-to-dvd Twilight (see our review here) also toplines a pair of genre features hitting disc in the coming months. She’s in the survival shocker Fear The Forest, which will be released by Next Wave Distribution April 14, and the psychological thriller Elsewhere, out from E1 Entertainment June 2.
Fear The Forest, written, produced and directed by Matthew Bora, stars Kendrick, Bora, Jared Michalski, Elana Safar and Steven Sherman as a group of college students who head into the woods on a camping trip. Unfortunately for them, the area is the haunt of a legendary Native American creature that begins tracking and killing them. The disc’s special features include:
• Audio commentary by Bora
• Behind-the-scenes material
• Deleted scenes
• Interview with Bora
• Creature making-of featurette
• Two music videos
• Theatrical trailer
• Bora biography
Retail price is $19.95; you can see Fear The Forest’s...
Fear The Forest, written, produced and directed by Matthew Bora, stars Kendrick, Bora, Jared Michalski, Elana Safar and Steven Sherman as a group of college students who head into the woods on a camping trip. Unfortunately for them, the area is the haunt of a legendary Native American creature that begins tracking and killing them. The disc’s special features include:
• Audio commentary by Bora
• Behind-the-scenes material
• Deleted scenes
• Interview with Bora
• Creature making-of featurette
• Two music videos
• Theatrical trailer
• Bora biography
Retail price is $19.95; you can see Fear The Forest’s...
- 3/23/2009
- Fangoria
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