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Russ Meyer -
November 18th, 2011
If you’ve ever doubted the adage "do what you love and success will follow," look no further than patriot, visionary and tit man Russ Meyer (1922-2004).
Virtually ignored by Hollywood after returning home from WWII, Meyer, a former combat photographer and dairy can devotee, decided to write and direct his own movies.
Campy, kooky and thinly plotted, Meyer ensured his films would garner attention by casting only the most pulchritudinous and “improbably pontooned” performers. Soon his formula was a hit, and every cat with a fondness for flapdoodles was forking over their dough at the drive-in. Well played, sir, well played.
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$24K
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Cost to produce Meyer’s first film, The Immoral Mr. Teas. Shot in 1959, the movie would go on to make over $1 million on the independent/exploitation circuit. Tame, even boring by today’s standards, the movie made Russ the unofficial “King of the Nudies.” |
B is for breasts of which ladies have two; Once prized for the function, now for the view.
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Robert Paul Smith, writer (1915-1977)
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Wow, what a pig! An honest, sincere and straightforward pig.
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zaftig [zahf-tik, -tig]
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adj. 1. full-bosomed. 2. having a full, shapely figure.
Used in a sentence: When told that Zsa Zsa was zaftig, Zach knew he would have his hands full.
Meyer claimed he bumped into Ernest Hemingway in a brothel during WWII. Upon discovering Meyer was a virgin, Hemingway gave him first pick of the girls.
Wow! It doesn’t get any more selfless than that, folks.
An Ample Cast
| Lorna Maitland | Lorna (1964) |
| Alaina Capri | Common Law Cabin (1967) |
| Cynthia Myers | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) |
| Uschi Digard | Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970) |
| Christy Hartburg | Supervixens (1975) |
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Much like Hugh Hefner, Russ Meyer was ahead of his time. Loved and hated for his work, the controversial filmmaker was fiercely independent and steadfast in his presentation of the female form. Learn more about the man and his “cantilevered” filmography here. |
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