Single Spark Pictures,
Bettie Page, Hugh Hefner, Paula Klaw, Bunny Yeager, Dita Von Teese,
This documentary features Bettie Page herself reminiscing of her long and illustrious career of one of America’s first and most famous pin-up girls and risque film star. Bettie was blessed with a beautiful face and figure and she was very photogenic. She talks of the early days of camera clubs where she would pose for rich clientele who paid for the privilege of taking photos of her. She became known for bondage photos in the very early days, and for some of the early stag films. Yet she remained naive and innocent through it all. She explains how she never thought she was doing wrong, even with all the things that happened to her during her career.
This is an interesting documentary. I had never heard of Bettie Page, although I remember having seen the WWII posters that she was famous for, as much as the Farrah posters and Pamela Anderson posters of later years. I didn’t realize how famous this lady was, and how much her popularity lasted throughout all her life. She was a gorgeous girl, and could light up any room. With interviews from many of the leaders of the burlesque and adult entertainment figures throughout the years, we learn how much she did to pave the way for the others who followed her path. This movie does contain a lot of classic film and photographs, so has a great deal of nudity, but nothing nasty or dirty such as that which came along later. In her times she viewed what she did as natural and normal, although it surely was out of the mainstream for middle America in those days. If you are at all interested in the life and career of this lady, then this is a very well made history and documentary of her times.
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