Goldilocks and The Three Bares

Goldilocks and The Three Bares (1963) is the thought-to-be-lost second to last nudie-cutie from the legendary exploitation team of Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman. The title can be misleading; the plotline has absolutely nothing to do with the famous fable which inspired the title. Appropriately billed as the "first nudist musical" (not to be confused with The First Nudie Musical, 1976), it has considerably more depth than their prior a... more

Goldilocks and The Three Bares (1963) is the thought-to-be-lost second to last nudie-cutie from the legendary exploitation team of Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman. The title can be misleading; the plotline has absolutely nothing to do with the famous fable which inspired the title. Appropriately billed as the "first nudist musical" (not to be confused with The First Nudie Musical, 1976), it has considerably more depth than their prior attempts at this genre. With slightly higher production values than The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961) and Daughter of The Sun (1962), a series of artistically photographed musical sequences and somewhat more "star power", Goldilocks stands out from the other five entries of this phase of Lewis and Friedman's partnership. It also showcases the more clownish side of Lewis regular William Kerwin, who otherwise typically takes on the straight-edge, leading man role. His character's name, Tommy Sweetwood, is also the name under which he was... less