The film was shot in 3D. By the time it was finally released in 1955, wide screen had superseded 3D as the most popular presentation advancement. It was converted to SuperScope by cropping the top and bottom off the original standard ratio images. Prints shown on TCM bear an RKO Radio SuperScope logo, but they're in the original uncropped 4:3 ratio.
The film was shot in 1953, but released in 1955, mostly due to censorship troubles over Lili St. Cyr's risqué belly-dance.
According to the TCM Archives, Production Code Authority director Joseph Breen declared the film "unacceptable" due to "indecent dance movements and too scanty costuming." The original opening credits were changed to remove a featured dance, and other dance scenes were shortened. The remaining dances are surprisingly long and remarkably suggestive, even by modern standards.
Riffed by the guys from MST3K under the Rifftrax name, Michael J Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy
The movie features 127 young starlets dressed in outrageously provocative outfits (by 1950s standards).
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