Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

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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. The new documentary feature Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a white baby grand piano and turning a North Beach nightclub into the city's second-most-popular tourist attraction after the Golden Gate Bridge. Meanwhile, Doda's very public use of silicone to enhance her breasts launched a new industry. Directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker share an unprecedented look at Doda's life and legacy, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the vibrant, sometimes outrageous and always entertaining world of North Beach.

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Johanna Schneller

Globe and Mail

What I see is a social media influencer before social media, a person who did whatever it took to keep us looking, especially if that meant she didn’t have to look too deeply at herself.

Apr 8, 2024

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

The film, jam-packed with historical footage, is a fun and fascinating tour of a vice that seems benign in retrospect in the age of ubiquitous internet porn.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 29, 2024

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

As a portrait of an offbeat showbiz world pushing the boundaries of expression, led by a no-holds-barred icon, “Carol Doda Topless at the Condor” is a buoyant tribute to a life of exposure.

Mar 25, 2024

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Jeff Mitchell

Phoenix Film Festival

‘Carol Doda Topless at the Condor’ is a revealing, insightful documentary.

Rated: 3/4

May 11, 2024

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Both amusing and insightful, this documentary about the aspiring actress who become a stripping pioneer provides thoughtful context into her career even as it lacks detail into her personal life.

Apr 19, 2024

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

One of the more obscure outliers of modern American social history gets examined in Carol Doda Topless at the Condor, a documentary that succeeds more in recreating a bygone era than in coming to any definitive conclusions about its central figure.

Rated: B-

Apr 12, 2024

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Sue

Excellent documentary, told in linear fashion, loved seeing the people and places I knew as I lived in San Francisco at this time and saw Carol Doda.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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David F

This is a nice documentary about a burlesque dancer in San Francisco who got started in the 1960s and lived a very colourful life. This is just great local history.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/01/24

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Jim E

Excellent documentary about Doda's life as a star beginning in the 60's! I loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Synopsis

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. The new documentary feature Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a white baby grand piano and turning a North Beach nightclub into the city's second-most-popular tourist attraction after the Golden Gate Bridge. Meanwhile, Doda's very public use of silicone to enhance her breasts launched a new industry. Directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker share an unprecedented look at Doda's life and legacy, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the vibrant, sometimes outrageous and always entertaining world of North Beach.

Director: Marlo McKenzie, Jonathan Parker
Producer: Rick Morse
Distributor: Picturehouse
Production Co: Parker Film Company
Rating: R (Some Sexual Material|Drug Content|Language|Graphic Nudity Throughout)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.1K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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