![]() Ladies who were determined to make it as a rock bandĪt any cost! It was well-received as a fairly sharp The screenplay, written by filmĬritic Roger Ebert, dealt with the lives of three young In-name only sequel to Valley of the Dolls Theįilm, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), an Meyer to direct his first big-studio picture. In on the sudden rash of X-rated films and signed 20thĬentury Fox, in deep financial trouble, wanted to cash $76,000 dollars, yet earned over $6 million. Sleep with anybody - including her own brother! Theįilm had purists in a lather, which is just what Meyer The film that would eventually break him out of theĬharacter was essentially a nymphomaniac who would Many of these viewers came back for more screenings,Īnd Meyer was seeing a healthy profit being turned on Relegated to drive-ins, arthouses and adult theaters, Where there was a healthy dose of foreplay, leather,īlood, carnage, and big-breasted gals for theįilmgoers. Notorious Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill (1965), West (1962), and Europe in the Raw (1963),īut these were still soft core teasers thatĬoncentrated more on voyeurism, than anything more Meyer kept the streak coming with such films as While still appealing to his mostly male audience. Titillating without being too graphic (there is neverĪny physical contact between the players), and MeyerĬleverly worked himself around the local film censors The plot - a man subjected to a powerfulĪnesthetic discovers that he can see through theĬlothes of every woman who walks by him - was Was to walk the fine line between sexual baiting and Soft-core sex film astounded the movie industry, Shot as a silent on a minisculeīudget of only $24,000, the financial windfall of this Playboy would also be receptive to a "nudie"įlick, Meyer made his film debut with The Immoral Sensing that the same audience who was receptive to Hugh Hefner's chief photographers for Playboy Working on studio sets, producing stills on such filmsĮventually found himself doing glamour shots ofīeautiful models, and would then find fame as one of When World War II cameĪround, he was sent to Europe as a newsreel cameraman.Īfter the war, he became a professional photographer, Making films around the neighborhood and won his first Rusty the money to purchase an 8-millimeter Univex Oakland, California, his father was a policeman and Kill, died on September 18 in his Hollywood Hills Self-descriptive titles as The Immoral Mr.Ĭlassic of the genre, Faster Pussycat, Kill, Russ Meyer, the filmmaker whom many historians creditįor creating the soft-porn industry with such He then meets the challenge of convincing Ivana to release her inhibitions. He spots the striking Ivana Nolte on a Los Angeles street, convinces her of his honorable intentions, offers the promise of a profitable venture, tests her ability to pose, and puts his early appraisal of her figure to a more rigorous scrutiny. Photographer Don Goodwin demonstrates his knack for recruiting new models. Russ Meyer shows his ability to elicit dynamic emotion and drive from his models. Back in Hollywood, a 21-year-old aspiring showgirl, Rochelle Kennedy, arises early for a modeling session with Charles Gilbert Schelling, who skillfully encourages her into the desired frame of mind. In the woods, models Althea and Monica pose nude for a series of nature shots. Russ Meyer, "one of Hollywood's best known glamour photographers," leads a group of his friends, former Army Signal Corps cameramen, on an outing to demonstrate the value of the photo field trip in "glamour" photography. Ken Parker works with two models at the same time so as to afford each of them more rest, and to provoke an atmosphere of spontaneous interplay. A behind-the-scenes look at the world of figure modeling shows Hollywood "glamour" photographers at work with both professional and novice models.
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