FAQ INDEX:

How Did The "Scenes Of  Nudity" Start? 
I was working on my own personal database (and have been since 1979) and was running celebrity nude lists on my BBS (Bulletin Board System). Back then the title was "Disk Operating Symian's Nude Lists". In 1994 I began publishing my lists on my Internet domain. I was adding to my lists and adding to other people's lists, when I came across a fellow running a page titled "Scenes of Nudity". He was tired of running his list so he gave it over to me. I added my list to his list (300 or so names) and continued to grow them both as "Scenes of Nudity".  

After some time I decided that I needed to have a custom on-line database program created to relieve me of some of the updating and publishing tasks, creating the display pages instead by DB generation . The "Scenes of Nudity" list became "The Scenes of Nudity Database". It is and was the first celebrity nudity database on the Internet. It predates the Internet Movie DataBase by some years.

The actual online database program was created for me by an excellent young programmer named Brad Fitzpatrick. He did an outstanding job and the DB (excluding some  modifications by yours truly) remains the same to this day. For his efforts I will always be grateful.

Brad went on to create LiveJournal.com, the software and the site itself, and is now legendary on the Internet.

Where Are The Pictures Of Nude Celebrities? 
SONDB is a informational database, not a nude image site. There are currently no nude images available for viewing here. Please check my links page for places to go to see nude images of celebrities. I MIGHT at some point (if I have the money to afford the bandwidth) put images up for select celebrities and/or movies.

Why don't the additions I sent to you show up immediately?
I cannot tell you how many times people have sent me the same information but with different titles or actor names. There are so many alternate versions, titles for tapes vs original release titles, similar movie names and years (some films are released the same year as another film of the same name), and for NON-US titles out there. There are also an abundance of actresses who have AKA (Also Known As) names (meaning that they are billed under different names for different movies).

I enter all information into the database by hand after cross-referencing and verifying it. This is how I keep the DB clean from mistakes, dups, and more. Yes... I do make mistakes from time to time but doing it this way keeps duplicate data out of the system. It is a great deal of work but it pays off in the long run. And yes... it is just me doing it. ;-)

Are You Planning To List The Length Of  Scenes And Tape Positions? 
For multiple reasons, no. That would be duplicating the work already done in the Bare Facts Video Guide. Plus, with multiple versions (R, NR, Director's Editions) and formats (VHS, DVD, LASERDISC) for the same film, it would take years and thousands of dollars researching what I have currently in the database. I don't have the time or the money for that.

Why Does The Bare Facts Have Different Movie Release Dates Than Yours? 
First off, I don't use the Bare Facts as the basis for my data. I have used it to occasionally cross-reference existing data but not as the basis for new additions. I also cross-reference films via online resources and over 220 film list/history books that I own. Some people send me entries that they got from watching a video or from the Bare Fact Video Guide. Dates are subjective and prone to change. Many of my books show different release dates for the same film; This is due to re-releases or production dates, and even video release dates. I try to pick the most accurate date that I can verify. 

You List Julia Roberts For A Nude In "Pretty Women". That Was A Body Double. 
Most of the nudity IS a body double. But if you watch very closely, there is a love scene with her and Gere, where one shot looks down through the headboard.  This is Julia, not the body double. Look for Julia's trademark vein on her forehead that sticks out when her blood pressure increases. This is about 1 1/2 hours  into the movie. So, since she did show a little... (even that little bit)... it rates for addition to the database.

You don't list many porn films. You have some listed, why not more?
Porn films are too hard to keep up with. I would not mind doing it but the "Stars" keep changing their names, so it is almost impossible to keep track of them. The other reason is that porn companies re-edit films by adding in a scene, removing another, and then release it again with a totally different title! They also take scenes from multiple films, toss them together, and make a new one, again with a new title. That makes it absolutely impossible to maintain an accurate list of porn movies.

I used to collect porn films for select artists, but when I started finding that a new $50.00 movie was just a rehash of something I already owned, or that the star pictured on the cover box wasn't in the film at all, that was it for me! I stopped buying porn immediately.

I DO list a few porn films. For Traci Lords, I list most of her works just for the hell of it. The others I add because the actress in question has done non-porn roles in her career. That makes them special! I list some of the porn films so that my visitors here have a chance to see that the actress HAS done porn (or a VERY explicit movie). I just give them a starting point to continue on to find more "porn" by the actress.

Hey! I saw another (Similar) site with a FAQ that looks like yours! What gives?
First off, I will not comment much on that or it will turn into a rant and rave session. Let us just say that the SONDB was the first such resource on the Internet and the FAQ and site concepts are and always were original to this site. Draw your own conclusions. But I will say that if you see a site you believe is duplicating SONDB very closely by webpage or my database software, please DO let me know. I might be in a mood for a lawsuit.

;)