Sci-fi writer/photographer/filmmaker and overall softcore smut renaissance man William Rotsler (Mantis In Lace) wrote, directed, and filmed what amounts to "breast of" reels of nearly every stripper and sexploitation star working in L.A. The flimsy framing device is classic incel fantasy: a powerful Sheik ("Abdul Ben Hassein") grants a Mitty-esque American scientist (John "Junior" Tull) seemingly unlimited access to his private harem of concupiscent concubines including Joyce Mandel (The Trip), Michelle (Blow The Man Down) Angelo, biker flick babe Bambi Allen, Cathy Crowfoot from Mondo Keyhole, and others too numerous to mention. Distributed by the discerning deviants at Clover Films.
By 1964 the nudie film was beginning its transformation into sexploitation, as the pressbook synopsis for this lost title from Jai Hais (Scissors Girl) suggests:
Let's Play Doctor is a modern story of presumably normal people living down and dirty lives. A doctor who practiced by his own Hippocratic oath. The brunette bouncing bed baby who would join in any game the doctor ordered was a tasty dish even though a bit oversexed for normal tastes. The doctor's red haired receptionist was ready to receive any one or two or three at the drop of a suggestion. Judy, the normal happily married woman who could get arrested just for the dreams she had; did she merely imagine the two "way out" dancers with the erotic diversions? Did she really beat and crucify her husband? Did she hang her doctor? Did any of these "weird" things happen or was it "the Pill?" One thing we do know, our doctor who lived by the sword...died by the sword. If you're going to play "game," even if it's "doctor," make sure you know the rules. Thanksgiving will never be the same when the henchmen of a mad scientist, who just so happens to also be a turkey farmer, dose hapless biker Herschell (writer/co-director Steve Hawkes) with a serum that turns poor Hersch into a vampire turkey monster. What's worse, he's a picky vampire turkey monster, finding only the tainted blood of drug addicts to his liking. Will he be saved by Jesus? Another fine fucked-up Florida production from the Grinter family, featuring co-writer/director Brad, son Randy, and daughter Heather. Brad's emphysema-rattled anti-drug rant is alone worth the price of admission.
Another Paul Mart production, Wild Gypsies (1969) trades on stereotypes as the basis for its sexploitation thrills. Directed by Marc B. Ray, the auteur behind Scream Bloody Murder and The Severed Arm and writer for The New Mickey Mouse Club, it features a mostly unknown cast including Samantha Scott from Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and character actor Carmen Filpi (Old Man Withers from Wayne's World). No one seems to like it.
Irving Klaw's colorful compendium of filmed burlesque routines from 1955 offered big names Tempest Storm, Bettie Page, and Russ Meyer model Sherrie Knight. Drag artist Vickie Lynn and the pestiferous Joe E. Ross are also featured.
The first color horror film from Italy, the 1960 Il mulino delle donne di pietro was a French co-production released in the U.S. in an English-dubbed version widely seen on late-night television via a worn, truncated print. Aside from this creepily atmospheric precursor to more graphic Italian horrors, director Giorgio Ferroni cranked out westerns, peplum, and the oddball James Bond knockoff Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966). The top-notch international cast includes Wolfgang Preiss, who starred in The 1,000 Eyes Of Dr. Mabuse later that year and played the evil mastermind in five additiional films. Leading man Pierre Brice (1972's You Are A Traitor And I'll Kill You!) was soon to become a household name in Germany for his portrayal of Native American character "Winnetou" in eleven popular westerns. Also with Dany Carrel (The Hands Of Orlac) and Sophia Loren stand-in Scilla Gabel as the daughter with a dark secret.
The sole feature from Loel Minardi, who also composed the music, the 1964 "Sinderella..." was a mammary-minded retelling of the famous childrens' folk tale. Suzanne Sybele, purportedly a former Miss France, fills in the title role as Derella. Sydney Lassick from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is her drunken Fairy Godfather.
The 1950 "Savage Africa," originally "Congolaise," began as footage shot by the French explorers of the Ogooué-Congo Mission deep inside the Congo. Their earnest documentary reels were inartfully intercut with scenes of naked tribal women shakin' that thang and a PETA-percolating primate hunt by reissue specialists Film Classics. Director Jacques Dupont made the Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle "Trapped By Fear" that same busy year.
Dan "The Big Snatch" Martin's 1973 saga of salty swabbies seeking sexual satisfaction from fishy femmes starred the one and only Rene Bond along with Peggy Church from "The Pig Keeper's Daughter" (1972), Jackie "Sweet Sugar" Giroux, Melody Lane, and Mary Goround. So rare it must be stashed away in Davy Jones' locker.
In 1965 AIP released Romolo ("Macabro") Marcellini's lurid mondo feature "i tabù" (1963) with a new title, a Les Baxter soundtrack, and sardonic narration by Vincent Price. This version is now unavailable, though a VHS tape of the film was issued with an anonymous voice actor instead of Price.
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