Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
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He argues that despite portraying women as sex objects, Meyer nonetheless depicts them as more powerful than men and is therefore an inadvertent feminist filmmaker. In many of Meyer's films, women eventually defeat men, winning sexual fulfillment as their reward, e.g., Super Vixen (Supervixens), Margo Winchester
Raven De La Croix (born Lynn Christie Martin; August 24, 1947) is an American actress and stripper known for her lead role in the 1976 Russ Meyer film Up!. [1] [2] When Meyer first discovered her at Joe Allen's, a hangout in West Hollywood, California, she had no acting experience. [3]
Russ Meyer. Director: Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. Russell Albion Meyer was born in San Leandro, California, to Lydia Lucinda (Hauck), a nurse, and William Arthur Meyer, a police officer, who divorced during his childhood. His parents were both of German descent.
A couple of male actors in Meyer films went on to do other things (Napier, Motorpsycho ’s Alex Rocco and Common Law Cabin ’s Ken Swofford) but none of the women. It’s remarkable because many of the women in Meyer films were fabulous, eg Dolly Read, Raven De La Croix, Shari Eubank.
Sep 24, 2022 · At age 21, she had her first breast implant surgery in Tijuana (where it was legal) on the advice of her agent. Kitten Natividad was introduced to Russ Meyer by fellow dancer Shari Eubank, a performer in Meyer's 1975 film Supervixens.
Jun 5, 2019 · Kevin Burke puts forward a feminist reading of Russ Meyer's filmography, focusing on five of his most successful sexploitation movies.
Oct 5, 2022 · Kitten Natividad, who brought audacity and ample physical attributes to some of the final films of Russ Meyer, whose over-the-top sexploitation movies acquired a certain cachet in some quarters...
Dec 26, 2004 · There are lots of beautiful women with great bodies and even bigger boobs than ours, but they didn't get to be Russ Meyer girls. We are very, very special. Russ Meyer, b. 1922 Chris Gore...
Dec 14, 2012 · Starting with his first hero, the inoffensive false-teeth deliveryman in “Mr. Teas,” his male leads are tantalized, tempted, dominated, thrown around, tortured, used, abused, cast aside or simply smothered by strong, powerful women.
Dec 14, 2012 · Meyer’s “The Immoral Mr. Teas” (1959), hailed by the highbrow critic Leslie Fiedler as the funniest comedy of the year, created the skin flick genre, and after the box office success of his “ Vixen ” (1968) he was crowned “King of the Nudies” in a front-page profile in the Wall Street Journal.
