Travelling Light (1959 film)
Travelling Light is a 1959 British naturist documentary from Edward Craven Walker.[1] The film starred the director’s second wife, Elizabeth Walker, née Elcoate Gilbert, who he met at Spielplatz naturist club. She was routinely described as Naturism’s Ambassador.[2]
| Travelling Light | |
|---|---|
 American 1964 newspaper advertisement with Travelling Light as second feature | |
| Directed by | Edward Craven Walker (as "Michael Keatering") |
| Cinematography | Edward Craven Walker |
Production company | E.C. Walker Productions |
| Distributed by | Gala |
Release date | March 1960 |
Running time | 52 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
He made it to show it to clubs and people in the hope of persuading them to join ‘Naturist way of life’ he loved. It premiered in London's West End
The film was cut by Peter Austen-Hunt whose last credit was Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion.[3]
After the success of the first film, the director went on to make two more naturist films: Sunswept and Eves on Skis, [4] both of which featured Elizabeth Walker.
References
- Simon Sheridan, Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books 2011 pp. 38-39
- "Elizabeth Walker: Naturism's Ambassador". Pamela Green: Never Knowingly Overdressed.
- Doing Rude things: The History of the British Sex Film. Wolfbait Books. 2017. p. 129. ISBN 9781999744151.
- Doing Rude things: The History of the British Sex Film. Wolfbait Books. 2017. p. 142. ISBN 9781999744151.
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