Betty Blokk-buster Follies (1976)
2h
Running Time
July 6, 1976Release Date
Betty Blokk-buster Follies (1976)
2h
Running Time
July 6, 1976Release Date
Plot.
A film record of Reg Livermore's successful one-man stage show, featuring characters and sketches centred around Betty Blokk-Buster, a bare-bummed German maid who entertained the troops during the war. In April 1975 Reg Livermore stormed the stage of Sydney's Balmain Bijou Theatre with his groundbreaking show Betty Blokk Buster Follies. A tour de force, an irresistible blend of music and comedy, the show caught the imagination of audiences all round Australia filling theatres wherever it played. This record of the show was released in cinemas during 1976. Songs include Family Of Man, Hello In There, Captain Jack, What Makes A Man A Man, The Entertainer and Celluloid Heroes, with well known characters, Betty Blokk Buster, Tara the Incredible, The Old Man and Vaseline Amylnitrite - a football star who joins the Australia Ballet.
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Cast & Crew.
Details.
Release DateJuly 6, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Filming LocationsAustralia
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
gay interest
drag queen
musical theater
Wiki.
Betty Blokk-buster Follies is a 1976 Australian film based on Reg Livermore's popular one man show of the same period.
Characters include:
Betty Blokk-buster, a German maid who entertained the troops during the war;
an old man who recalls his youth as a male model
Vaseline Amyl Nitrate, a football star who joins the Australian ballet.It was shot in the Bijou Theatre, Balmain, in late 1975.