June 19thEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask*
US 1972. United Artists/Rollins-Joffe. 87m.

Series of economical sketches loosely themed around sexual-related activity, ranging from transvestism to inside the human machine of the sperm bank.
It begins and ends brightly, with Allen indulging himself in several different visual styles - including a kinky version of the popular US TV show What's My Line? and a slightly flabby Frankenstein pastiche (with a giant boob for a monster) - but generally the tone is a little hit-and-miss, and all of the jokes are cut short before the audience really has time to enjoy them.

Written and Directed by: Woody Allen, based on the book by Dr. David Reuben.
Producer: Charles H. Joffe.
Starring: Woody Allen, Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Geoffrey Holder; Gene Wilder, Titos Vandis, Elaine Giftos; Lou Jacobi; Louise Lasser; Jack Barry; John Carradine, Heather Macrae; Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds, Oscar Beregi, Jay Robinson.
Photography: David M. Walsh.
Music: Mundell Lowe, Cole Porter.
Production Design: Dale Hennesy.

Preceded by:
Superman in
The Underground World*
(US 1953. 8m.; Clark Kent and Lois Lane discover a cavernous city of Eagle warriors.; w: Jay Morton; d: Seymour Kneitel; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck.)