Constance Worth, born in 1911 in Australia, transitioned from rising star Jocelyn Howarth to Hollywood actress during the late 1930s. Known for her compelling performances, she appears in That's Sexploitation! (2013), which highlights her role in the evolution of erotic cinema. Worth's journey from the Australian film industry to Hollywood reflects the shifting landscape of film, and her work continues to resonate within cult and exploitation film circles. Her legacy endures as a testament to the daring narratives that define this genre.
That's Sexploitation!
Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.
