Hell Is A Place Called Hollywood (1950)

A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up working as a nude model. Soon she is old news and struggles to get work, resulting in abject poverty.

Released Dec. 31, 1950 21 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

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