Parker Film Company

20/12/2024

The Carol Doda documentary made the top stories of 2024 at 48 hills! https://48hills.org/2024/12/our-top-stories-of-2024-from-gaza-protests-to-secret-breakfast-w**d/ #

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14/08/2024

Peggy Moffitt, who famously posed in the designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless bathing suit, the very suit that Carol Doda wore the first time she appeared topless, passed away at age 86 at her Beverly Hills home in California on Saturday. She was a model and muse whose "bob and heavy eye makeup helped define the look of the 1960s."

She became famous for posing in the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit. But she saw herself more as a performer than as a model.

04/06/2024

We recommend this wonderful article by Jack Boulware for the Alta Journal that takes a deeper look at the life of Davey Rosenberg, the press agent for Carol Doda. Was he "the father of topless dancing?"

As San Francisco’s North Beach shimmied into the ’60s, press agent “Big” Davey Rosenberg worked overtime to grow clubs like the Condor and stars like Carol Doda.

20/05/2024

CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR is now available to watch at home on amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/.../B0D3P1X2YW/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDORr is now available to watch at home. Rent or buy now on Prime Video.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D3P1X2YW/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

24/03/2024

Our New York Premiere at the Angelika Film Center was amazing!! Thank you to the entire Picturehouse team, and Jeanne and Bob, for amplifying this important story. You are beyond amazing.
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15/03/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out last night for the premiere screening of Carol Doda Topless at the Condor to kick off our theatrical run that launches March 22nd. It was a beautiful evening with a packed house at the Roxie.

Photos:
🎬Jonathan Parker and Marlo McKenzie introducing the film.
🎤MC D'Arcy Drollinger
🎶Jonathan Parker, Deborah Parker,Lars Ulrich and Marlo McKenzie at the after party at Manny's.

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08/03/2024

We were at Skywalker Sound very last minute to add in some audio to the Carol Doda movie. Thank you so much to Skywalker and we hope to be back in the future!
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Maybe next time we'll get to have that ping pong game!
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🍿 Carol Doda Topless at the Condor is heading to theaters March 22nd. Please check out our website for more info. Caroldodamovie.com
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27/02/2024

Every city has a history. San Francisco has a legend. CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR this March only in theaters!
Check out the red band trailer!

18/10/2023

Thank you to everyone who came out to see our movie Carol Doda Topless at the Condor at the Mill Valley Film Festival! We were so delighted to see you there. Sterling Hedgpeth led the Q&A at Saturday night's screening at the Rafael theater with great questions for Producer Lars Ulrich and Co-directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker.

08/10/2023

"Though Doda never broke the law, she was a true rebel."
Great article at the SF Gate by Ariana Bindman.

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/carol-doda-topless-dancer-sf-condor-18405029.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

Carol Doda, a trailblazing topless dancer, was once one of San Francisco's biggest tourist attractions in the 1960s.

03/10/2023

Great interview with Jonathan Parker on the podcast How Did They Get There.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-did-they-get-there/id1099500604?i=1000627398842&mt=2

‎Show How Did They Get There, Ep Ep. 47 - Jonathan Parker on Carol Doda Topless at the Condor, (Untitled) and The Architect - Sep 10, 2023