''Beauty No. 1'' is a 1965 film by

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

starring

Edie Sedgwick Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American actress and fashion model, known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars.Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties" Pantheon Books, pp. 210& ...

, Kip Stagg a.k.a.

Bima Stagg Bima Stagg is an American writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California. Filmography Writer * ''Soul Patrol (1978 film), Soul Patrol'' (1978) ''Death of a Snowman'' (UK original title), ''Black Trash'' (USA video title) * ''Survivor ( ...

, and

Chuck Wein Chuck Wein (March 24, 1939March 18, 2008) was an American promoter and manager of entertainment acts whose celebrity stemmed from his five-year (1964–1969) association with Andy Warhol and from his discovery of Edie Sedgwick who became a ...

Synopsis and background

''Beauty No. 1'' is a precursor to Andy Warhol's better known follow up, ''

Beauty No. 2 ''Beauty No. 2'' is a 1965 American avant-garde film by directed by Andy Warhol and starring Edie Sedgwick and Gino Piserchio. Chuck Wein also has a role in the film but never appears onscreen. Wein wrote the scenario and is also credited as assis ...

'' and was originally titled ''Beauty''. The movie features

, and Kip Stagg, a.k.a.

. The film has a fixed point of view showing a bed with two characters on it, Sedgwick and Stagg. Chuck Wein is heard speaking but is just out of view. Sedgwick, in a skimpy outfit of bra and panties, and Stagg, wearing only jockey shorts, engage in flirting and light kissing. Wein asks Sedgwick questions seemingly designed to harass and annoy her. Stagg is more or less a bystander not interacting with Wein. After dissatisfaction with performances in the first shoot, Warhol re-cast and re-shot ''Beauty'' as ''Beauty No. 2'', with

and

Gino Piserchio Eugene "Gino" Piserchio (September 5, 1944 – March 22, 1989) was an American actor, composer and musician. Piserchio was noted for being an accomplished musician. He was one of the first musicians to master the Moog synthesizer. Early lif ...

reprising the role of Kip Stagg. The dialogue seems as if it were created

ad lib In music and other performing arts, the phrase (; from Latin for 'at one's pleasure' or 'as you desire'), often shortened to "ad lib" (as an adjective or adverb) or "ad-lib" (as a verb or noun), refers to various forms of improvisation. The ...

and no conclusions are reached in the film. The original film negative is maintained by the

Andy Warhol Museum The Andy Warhol Museum is located on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist. The museum holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archive ...

.Andy Warhol Museum website
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