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1966ref. 152053California: Eve Productions 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. A sexploitation "documentary" following several buxom strippers as they discuss their lives in 1960s San Francisco. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Eve Productions unknown books
1959ref. 152047Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A door-to-door dental appliance salesman has a chemical reaction to an anesthetic which grants him X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He subsequently overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie the film that basically launched the lighthearted nudie pictures of the early 1960s. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and nightclub circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. For his debut Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "Frenchy" "nudist" film but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots an arguably feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1959ref. 161847N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film one photograph under the original release title "Steam Heat." Director Russ Meyer's first commercially successful film. Shot without sound with a voice-over narration and a musical theme added and noted for extensive female nudity. Mr. Teas is a door to door salesman selling dentists' appliances who seems to encounter buxom nude women everywhere he goes. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with faint creasing light edgewear and four pinholes and one with light edgewear a half inch closed tear to the upper right side and a small chip in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 134255Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1961. Original pressbooks two variants for 1961 re-releases of the 1959 film. Featured are the two most commonly seen layouts used for publicity: the full-color illustrated "hat" variant and the other with Mr. Teas surrounded by a bevy of well-developed women the female leads of the film from left to right: Ann Peters Michele Roberts Dawn Danielle and Marilyn Wesley. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. Both pressbooks 11 x 17 inches folded horizontally. "Hat" variant includes a 9 x 12 ad mat dated "Fri. Aug. 18 1961." Light rubbing overall rubber stamps from "Sack Amusement Enterprises" in Dallas Texas and a few light creases and tiny closed tears else Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1975ref. 159139N.p.: Russ Meyer 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Uschi Digard. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After his wife is murdered a gas station attendant at a remote desert station finds himself sexually pursued by several different but equally buxom women. Shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Russ Meyer unknown books
1965ref. 152052California: Eve Productions 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. The final film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful and vengeful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. One of the first films to discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam War veteran. Six pages saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Eve Productions unknown books
1959ref. 134256Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. A Eight vintage still photographs from the 1959 film. Included are 4 stills from the US release and 4 stills from the UK release under the title "Mr. Teas and His Playthings." From a cursory glance one can immediately see the differences with regard to nudity paid by both US and UK publicists the UK stills decidedly more liberal with regard to the "forbidden flesh." The US stills were taken directly from scenes of the film and the UK stills appear to be from either a deleted scene or a mock setup designed for foreign publicity with Mr. Teas seen in a bathhouse with the "Buxom Bath House Beauties" Baby Dahl Chicky Fricase Frenchie Tost Teri Clawthe that were not seen in the final cut. The UK stills purport "Monstrous Murder!" and "Sizzling Suspense!" taglines however the final cut features neither murder nor suspense. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. All stills 8 x 10 inches some differ slightly in size. Two US stills Very Good plus others Near Fine. UK stills Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1965ref. 152050Los Angeles: Delta Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. Based on Raymond Friday Locke's 1958 novel "Streets Paved With Gold." A melodramatic tale about a drifter who falls in love with his employer's married niece a beautiful young woman with an abusive alcoholic husband. The first film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. Set in Spooner Missouri. Six leaves saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Delta Films unknown books
1970ref. 158260N.p.: N.p. 1970. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 155647N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Cynthia Myers and Erica Gavin. Dealer label affixed to the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 153231N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing a near-nude Edy Williams. With the stamp of still photographer Willy Rizzo on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 149729N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1970 film showing actresses Erica Gavin and an uncredited model with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp behind the camera at the far left. With the film's French 1975 release title "Orgissimo" at the bottom right. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 163758N.p.: N.p. 1970. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 156306N.p.: N.p. 1970. Three vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1970 film two showing director Russ Meyer with actress Phyllis Davis between takes and one showing Meyer directing Dolly Read and Michael Blodgett. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three photographs with library stamps and provenance labels on the versos. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 139240Madrid Spain: RM Films International 1986. Original Spanish one sheet poster for the 1986 release of the 1975 US film. Features buxom Christy Hartburg who starred as SuperLorna. Hartburg along with Kitten Natividad and Uschi Digard has become one of the more recognizable faces of Russ Meyer filmdom even though this was her only film. Meyer's successful return to independent filmmaking after the big-budget "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" 1970 and the unfortunate films "The Seven Minutes" 1971 and "Black Snake" 1973. Arguably the most entertaining Meyer project with all the trademarks present: strong sexual women impotent men and healthy doses of sex violence and nudity with a nod to the desert violence of Italian Euro Westerns of the 1960s. Shot on location in Arizona California and New Mexico. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Scarce. RM Films International unknown books
1975ref. 161301N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage reference photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Shari Eubank. After his wife is murdered a gas station attendant at a remote desert station finds himself sexually pursued by several different but equally buxom women. Shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 161702N.p.: Eve Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Famed director Russ Meyer's documentary about the underground world of sex work in Europe. According to film critic Roger Ebert's article "Russ Meyer: King of the Nudies" published in the Jan/Feb 1973 issue of "Film Comment" Meyer "concealed a 16-mm camera in a suitcase and got footage in the red-light districts of Paris Amsterdam and elsewhere." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Eve Productions unknown books
1963ref. 151457N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 film. Included is a distributor's pamphlet. A mondo documentary following the sexual exploits of buxom women across Europe. Photographs 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pamphlet bi-fold 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good moderately chipped and soiled. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 139221California: Art Theatre Guild / Eve Productions 1964. Original black-and-white program for the 1964 film printed for the Art Theatre Guild. The Art Theatre Guild ATG began in 1961 as an independent agency distributing films mostly Japanese rejected by major studios. The company operated until the 1980s with theaters in Arizona California Colorado Illinois Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri New Mexico Ohio and Tennessee. The first of Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black-and-white powerful psycho-sexual female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. Other films in his "Gothic" period include "Mudhoney" 1965 "Motorpsycho!" 1965 and the epic and legendary "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! " 1965. "Fanny Hill" 1964 snuck in right after "Lorna" although that film is generally left out of the "Gothic" period. "Lorna" was written by James Griffith who stars as the Preacher narrator of the film and stars Lorna Maitland as a voluptuous sexually unfulfilled newlywed. Her husband Jim Rucker works in a salt mine all day and studies all night giving Lorna too much time to herself. One day while Lorna skinny-dips in a nearby river an escaped convict Bradley rapes her in the reeds. The vile act could otherwise have been exploited perhaps comically by Meyer but here the scene acts as a catalyst for one repressed woman's sexual awakening. Lorna invites the convict into her home while her husband is gone prompting Jim's coworkers among them the underrated Hal Hopper to tease him about Lorna's infidelity. Things take a bitter fatal turn when Jim returns home to discover Lorna and her object of desire. 5.5 x 8.5 inches folded once as issued. Two horizontal creases and faint foxing else Near Fine. Art Theatre Guild / Eve Productions unknown books
1970ref. 148340Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Edy Williams and David Gurian from the 1970 film. Based on an original story by Roger Ebert who also helped write the screenplay. Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big with their rock band "The Kelly Affair" stopping first to visit Kelly MacNamara's 1966 Playboy Playmate Dolly Read estranged aunt. Kelly's aunt introduces the band comprised of Kelly Read Casey Anderson 1968 Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers and Petronella Danforth Marcia McBroom to a flamboyant producer named Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell John LaZar who changes their name to "The Carrie Nations" and has them perform at one of his orgiastic parties after a set by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Throughout the success of the new band the girls use drugs and alcohol attempt to maintain romantic relationships even a lesbian tryst with Erica Gavin director Meyer's "Vixen" and find "Z-Man" to be a murderous transsexual. The film proved to be sexploitation and exploitation to its psychedelic limits at the time was Meyer's biggest box-office draw to date and gave the director a new audience: mainstream filmgoers in mainstream cinemas. Originally intended as a sequel to "Valley of the Dolls" 1967 with an original screenplay by Jacqueline Susann Twentieth Century-Fox found the script unsatisfactory and sought new material. The film was released as part of a settlement with Susann with the disclaimer "This is not a sequel to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS." One of few X-rated films released by Twentieth Century-Fox another being "Myra Breckenridge" 1970. Pam Grier got her start in this film as an uncredited party attendant. Meyer regulars like Charles Napier Lavelle Roby and Haji all make appearances. Set in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Criterion Collection 836. Meyer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971ref. 161842N.p.: Cal-Tex Distributing 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A theatre company manager offers sex therapy to inexperienced young new talents to help further their careers. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cal-Tex Distributing unknown books
1958ref. 163067N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film showing uncredited actor Russell Nype. Newspaper clippings and reference library stamps on the verso. A comedy of errors about a married man who comes to believe that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency and that she will serve as the surrogate. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches archivally matted on a 11 x 14 inch mat. Very Good with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto regarding cropping and a small splash on the right edge. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 163067N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film showing uncredited actor Russell Nype. Newspaper clippings and reference library stamps on the verso. A comedy of errors about a married man who comes to believe that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency and that she will serve as the surrogate. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches archivally matted on a 11 x 14 inch mat. Very Good with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto regarding cropping and a small splash on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 161325N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1985 film showing a sex scene with actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer. In sixteenth-century Italy an army of mercenary peasants kidnaps a nobleman's fiancée as revenge for unpaid debts. Although disgusted by the brutality of the peasants the woman soon falls in love with the group's leader. Although the film's cynicism and violence made it unsuccessful at the box office upon release it has since become a cult favorite. Shot on location in Spain in Belmonte Cáceres and Ãvila. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 161325N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1985 film showing a sex scene with actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer. In sixteenth-century Italy an army of mercenary peasants kidnaps a nobleman's fiancée as revenge for unpaid debts. Although disgusted by the brutality of the peasants the woman soon falls in love with the group's leader. Although the film's cynicism and violence made it unsuccessful at the box office upon release it has since become a cult favorite. Shot on location in Spain in Belmonte Cáceres and Ãvila. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
