Jada

Burlesque dancer Jada performs at a New Orleans night club.

Credits

Frank Koza (filmmaker); Jada (performer)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Jada performs a sultry burlesque routine for a crowd in front of a mirror, first in a sequined dress and fur coat, and then in tassled pasties and a thong.; Jada (Janet Adams Mole Bonney Cuffari Smallwood Conforto Washington [1936-1980]) later became the subject of many John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories, as she was a dancer at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas at the time Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. She also starred in the film Naughty Dallas (1964).
Subjects: Entertainers; Sexuality and culture; New Orleans (La.); Striptease
Places: North America > United States > Louisiana > New Orleans
Language: English
Cfa elements: Negatives, 110 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11854

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video