Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:30 PM

By special request...Girls Girls Girls, part II

A selection of musical shorts from the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's.
WARNING: These films are NOT pornographic. However, some selections contain nudity.

Evolution of a Glamour Girl Candid Cinema Silent no date 4 min: Featuring Nancy and Colleen. Sisters in lonely farmhouse are so delighted to find that their bottle of Hollywood Beauty Bath has finally arrived that they haul out the old washtub and put it to the test.

Loads of Pretty Women Soundies 1944 : Red River Dave and a bevy of beauties bring home the message – That Man is the center of this world.

Babes in the Woods 1957 4min : Three inept huntresses set out to catch the wolf but the wolf catches them.

The Nautical Fantasy 1930s 2min : An art-deco dream that begins with babies and ends with breasts.

Caught Without Costume 1920s 2min: The corniest gag in the world, set to a rollicking good polka.

Oh Baby 1 min : A strangely disjointed bit of film with the sound recorded in reverse, I like to think this the work of a nameless surrealist toiling in the labs of the company that churned these reels out.

Three Party Girls 1920s? 2 min : Those of you who think the paper dress was invented in the 1960s are about to learn otherwise!

Hula-Hula Mexican 1930s? 2 min : Hula girl swaps her skirt for a serape and brings out her inner Latina.

I Only Have Eyes For You and Dames Warner Bros 1934 19min : My favorite of all the Busby Berkley phantsmagoras. When was the last time you saw a girl emerge from her own eye and turn into a mirror?

Burlesque Compilation Reel 1940s-50s? 11 min: Five dancers on bare stages, viewed through a shower of golden time.

Polly Tix Goes to Washington Baby Burlesk 1933 10min : I cannot even begin to describe...

Georgie Porgie Music With Spice 1940s 2min : You may wonder why all the girls are lusting for Georgie until you see his jitterbugging moves. Dancers Patty Lacey and Ray Hirsh

The Man that Comes Around Official Films 1940s 2min : Another one of the oldest gags in the book, with a ghastly "child" to sing about it.

Something To Adore 1950s? 4min : Lotus Wing "The Toast of Shanghai" does a classic and quite sensuous striptease in what appears to be a living room while an exotica record plays in the background.

Those Beautiful Dames Warner Bros 1934 : And for something completely different, though not without a shake of a bottom, Hollywood recycles the tune into a toon with a special Depression vibe.