Overview

CLEOPATRA FOLLIES aka FLAME OF ISLAM was the first of five burlesque shorts presented in “Gorgeous Multi-Color” anaglyphic 3-D by Oakland and San Francisco burlesque theater magnate, Harry A. Farros. CLEOPATRA FOLLIES starred popular dancers Paula French and Shirley Hayes, aka The Pussy Cat Girl. The long-lost 1953 3-D burlesque short by the great Ed Wood Jr., writer and director of such timeless classics as GLEN OR GLENDA, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Photographed in “exciting Multi-Vision Third Dimension,” CLEOPATRA FOLLIES was recently discovered and restored by the 3-D Film Archive.

1. Edward D. Wood Jr.

   Director, Writer