Editing Striptease (section)

===Film===
[[File:Rita Hayworth as Gilda performing "Put The Blame On Mame" in the trailer for the film Gilda.jpg|thumb|[[Rita Hayworth]] begins her striptease in ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]''.]]

====1940s–1950s====

[[Mary Martin]] reprised her famous fur coat striptease of "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]" in the 1940 movie ''[[Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film)|Love Thy Neighbor]]'' and the 1946 [[Cole Porter]] [[biopic]] ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''.<ref name=Tmlo>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-nEd2lSb_oC&pg=PA162 |title=The melody lingers on: the great songwriters and their movie musicals |author=Roy Hemming | isbn=978-1-55704-380-1 | year=1999 | publisher=Newmarket Press}}</ref>

''[[Lady of Burlesque]]'' (known in the UK as ''Striptease Lady'') (1943) based on the novel ''[[The G-String Murders]]'' (1941), by famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, stars [[Barbara Stanwyck]] as a stripper who gets involved in the investigation of murders at a burlesque house. A play by Gypsy Rose Lee entitled ''The Naked Genius'' (1943) was the inspiration for ''[[Doll Face]]'' (1945), a musical about a burlesque star ([[Vivian Blaine]]) who wants to become a legitimate actress.

''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'' (1946), showcases one of the most famous stripteases in cinematic history, performed by [[Rita Hayworth]] to "[[Put the Blame on Mame]]", though in the event she removes just her gloves, before the act is terminated by a jealous admirer. ''Murder at the Windmill'' (1949) (US title: ''Mystery at the Burlesque''), directed by [[Val Guest]] is set at the Windmill Theatre, London and features [[Diana Decker]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Jimmy Edwards]]. ''[[Salome (1953 film)|Salome]]'' (1953) once again features Rita Hayworth doing a striptease act; this time as the famous biblical stripper Salome, performing the Dance of the Seven Veils. According to Hayworth's biographers this erotic dance routine was "the most demanding of her entire career", necessitating "endless takes and retakes".<ref>Edward Z. Epstein and Joseph Morella (1984) ''Rita: The Life of Rita Hayworth''. London, Comet: 200</ref> ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1959) is a British film which features striptease at a club in Soho, London.

[[File:Natalie Wood Gypsy 1962.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Natalie Wood]] as [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] in the [[Gypsy (1962 film)|film version]] of the stage musical ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'']]

====1960s–1970s====
In 1960, the film ''[[Beat Girl]]'' cast [[Christopher Lee]] as a sleazy Soho strip club owner who gets stabbed to death by a stripper. ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]'' (1962), features [[Natalie Wood]] as the famous burlesque queen [[Gypsy Rose Lee]] in her memorable rendition of "[[Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy)|Let Me Entertain You]]". It was re-made for TV in 1993 Starring [[Bette Midler]] as [[Rose Thompson Hovick|Mama Rose]] and [[Cynthia Gibb]] as Gypsy Rose Lee. ''The Stripper'' (1963) featured Gypsy Rose Lee, herself, giving a trademark performance in the title role. A documentary film, ''Dawn in Piccadilly'', was produced in 1962 at the Windmill Theatre. In 1964, ''We Never Closed'' (British Movietone) depicted the last night of the Windmill Theatre. In 1965, the feature film ''[[Viva Maria!]]'' starred [[Brigitte Bardot]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]] as two girls who perform a striptease act and get involved in revolutionary politics in South America.

Also produced in 1965 was ''Carousella'', a documentary about Soho striptease artistes, directed by [[John Irvin]]. Another documentary film, which looked at the unglamorous side of striptease, is the 1966 film called,"Strip", filmed at the Phoenix Club in Soho.
''[[Secrets of a Windmill Girl]]'' (1966) featured [[Pauline Collins]] and April Wilding and was directed by [[Arnold L. Miller]]. The film has some fan dancing scenes danced by an ex-Windmill Theatre artiste. ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' (1968) gives a possibly legendary account of the birth of striptease at Minsky's Burlesque theatre in New York. In 1968, the sci-fi film ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' depicted [[Jane Fonda]] stripping in [[zero-gravity]] conditions whilst wearing her spacesuit. ''[[Marlowe (1969 film)|Marlowe]]'' (1969) stars [[Rita Moreno]] playing a stripper, in the finale of the movie simultaneously delivering dialogue with the title character and performing a vigorous dance on stage. [[The Beatles]] movie ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' has a scene where all the men on the tour bus go to a gentleman's club and watch a woman strip on stage.

''[[Ichijo's Wet Lust]]'' (1972), Japanese director [[Tatsumi Kumashiro]]'s award-winning [[Roman Porno|''Roman porno'']] film featured the country's most famous stripper, Sayuri Ichijō, starring as herself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:155671|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718051841/http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:155671|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|title=Ichijo Sayuri: Nureta Yokujo|access-date=2007-06-26|work=[[Allmovie]]}}</ref> A British film production of 1976 is the film ''Get 'Em Off'', produced by [[Harold Baim]]. Alain Bernardin the owner of the Crazy Horse in Paris directed the film,"Crazy Horse de Paris" [1977]. ''Paul Raymond's Erotica'' (1981) stars Brigitte Lahaie and Diana Cochran and was directed by Brian Smedley-Aston. The Dance routines were filmed at the Raymond Revuebar Theatre.{{clear left}}

====1980s–1990s====
In addition to lesser-known videos such as ''A Night at the Revuebar'' (1983), the 1980s also featured mainstream films involving stripping. These included ''[[Flashdance]]'' (1983), which told the story of blue-collar worker Alexandra (Alex) Owens ([[Jennifer Beals]]), who works as an exotic dancer in a [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] bar at night and at a steel mill as a welder during the day. Stripping also was part of "genre" films, such as horror thriller ''[[Fear City]]'' (1984), by [[Abel Ferrara]], about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]]. The erotic drama ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' (1986) depicted [[Kim Basinger]] stripping to the tune of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by [[Joe Cocker]]. ''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' (1987) was an [[exploitation film]] from [[Roger Corman]] about a lady cop who poses as a stripper to catch a murderer; which was followed by a sequel of the same name. ''[[Ladykillers (TV movie)|Ladykillers]]'' (1988), was a 'whodunnit' murder mystery involving the murders of male strippers by an unknown female assailant. ''[[Blaze (1989 film)|Blaze]]'' (1989) features [[Lolita Davidovitch]] as notorious stripper [[Blaze Starr]]. Starr herself appears in the film in a cameo role.

''Massive Attack : Eleven Promos. "Be Thankful For What You've Got"'' (1992), directed by Baillie Walsh, includes one dance routine by Ritzy Sparkle at the Raymond Revuebar Theatre. ''[[Exotica (film)|Exotica]]'' (1994), directed by [[Atom Egoyan]], is set in a Canadian lap-dance club, and portrays a man's ([[Bruce Greenwood]]) obsession with a [[student|schoolgirl]] stripper named Christina ([[Mia Kirshner]]). ''[[Showgirls]]'' (1995) was directed by [[Paul Verhoeven]] and starred [[Elizabeth Berkley]] and [[Gina Gershon]]. ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' (1996), was an adaptation of the novel starring [[Demi Moore]].'' [[Barb Wire (1996 film)|Barb Wire]]'' (1996), starred [[Pamela Anderson]] (of ''[[Baywatch]]'' fame), who performs a wet striptease. ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997) is a story of British ex-steel workers who form a Chippendales-style dance revue and decide to strip naked to make an extra buck. It featured songs including an updated version of [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]]'s big hit [[The Stripper]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]'s version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On". ''[[The Players Club]]'' (1998) starred [[LisaRaye]] as a girl who becomes a stripper to earn enough money to enter college and study journalism.

====2000s–present====
''[[Dancing at the Blue Iguana]]'' (2000) is a feature film starring [[Daryl Hannah]]. The female cast of the film researched the film by dancing at strip clubs and created their parts and their storylines to be as realistic as possible. ''The Raymond Revuebar the Art of Striptease'' (2002) is a documentary, directed by Simon Weitzman. ''[[Los Debutantes]]'' (2003) is a [[Chile]]an film set in a strip-club in [[Santiago]]. In the ''[[Cradle 2 the Grave (2003 film)|Cradle 2 the Grave]]'' a 2003 action film a woman named Daria, played by [[Gabrielle Union]] performs a striptease to distract a man named Odion, played by [[Michael Jace]] from the infiltration of a night club owned by a crime lord named Jump Chambers, played by [[Chi McBride]]. ''[[Portraits of a Naked Lady Dancer]]'' (2004) is a documentary, directed by Deborah Rowe. In ''[[Closer (2004 film)|Closer]]'' (2004), [[Natalie Portman]] plays Alice, a young stripper just arrived in London from America. ''[[Crazy Horse Le Show]]'' (2004) features dance routines from the Crazy Horse, Paris. ''[[Mrs Henderson Presents]]'' (2005) portrays the erotic dance routines and nude tableau-vivants which featured at the [[Windmill Theatre]] before and during World War II. The film ''[[Factotum (film)|Factotum]]'' (2005) (by Norwegian director [[Bent Hamer]]) concludes with [[Matt Dillon]] (in the role of [[Henry Chinaski]] - an [[alter ego]] of [[Charles Bukowski]], who wrote the novel on which the film is based) having an artistic [[epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]] whilst watching a stripper in a strip club. ''[[I Know Who Killed Me]]'' (2007) stars [[Lindsay Lohan]] as Dakota Moss, an alluring stripper involved in the machinations of a serial killer, and features a long striptease sequence at a strip club. ''[[Planet Terror]]'' (2007) stars [[Rose McGowan]] as Cherry Darling, a beautiful [[go-go dancer]] who aspires to quit her job. In 2009 a DVD called, "Crazy Horse Paris" featuring [[Dita Von Teese]] was released. ''[[Magic Mike]]'' (2012) features a male stripper Mike Lane ([[Channing Tatum]]) guiding a younger male stripper in his first steps into stripping in clubs.