Jan Gay was a children's book author who frequently worked with her partner and illustrator, Zhenya Gay. She also wrote a book about nudism titled 'On Going Naked' (with Zhenya doing the photography for the book). Jan's interest in naturism continued as she wrote the documentary 'This Naked Age' (aka 'This Nude World'/'Back to Nature'), and opened the naturist club, the Out-of-Doors Club, in New York. Jan also helped set up the New York Commission for the Study of Sex Variants, in which she acted as a researcher, and subject. Her intention was that better understanding of different sexualitie...
This Naked Age
"This Nude World" is a groundbreaking 1932 "documentary" celebrating the age-old tradition of playing volleyball in you socks... and nothing else. The film purports to pose probing questions about the morality of nudist colonies o cover its actual aim of getting naked people on screen... primarily in long shots. A highlight of the film is the peeks at the phenomena in Germany, France (including Lido de Paris) and the United States along with wonderful pre-WWII footage of the cities visited A real hoot. It passed the National Board of Review in 1932.
