Dream Follies on AllMovie

In 1954, several years before Lenny Bruce became America's most controversial and talked-about comedian, he was just another funnyman looking for a break, and he got one of a sort with Dream Follies, a low-budget burlesque feature which was written by Bruce and featured him on screen. Bruce appears as one of several office drones who while away the work day mentally undressing the secretaries and paying periodic visits to a nearby burlesque house, despite the objections of their wives and the stuffed-shirt boss. Bruce also plays a German chef with more than a slight resemblance to Adolph Hitler in one of several comic sketches that pass the time between performances by a handful of exotic dancers, including Deenah Price, Rusty Amber, Jean Carroll and Strivena. Dream Follies was directed by Phil Tucker, who later worked with Bruce on the equally threadbare exploitation feature Dance Hall Racket; Bruce's real-life mother Sally Marr also appears as the nagging wife of one of the boys at the office.