THE IMMORAL MR. TEAS aka STEAM HEAT aka MR. TEAS AND HIS PLAYTHINGS (UK) aka L'IMMORAL M. TEAS (CA) (1959); A Pad-Ram Enterprises release, Pr: P.A. De Cenzie, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, Narration and music: Edward Lasko, A.Ed: John F. Link, A.Dr: Ken Parker, Eric "Mick" Nathanson, Cast: W. Ellis (Bill) Teas, Marilyn Wesley, Ann Peters, Michele Roberis, Dawn Dinielle, June Wilkinson, Pete De Cenzie, color, 63 min.
EVE AND THE HANDYMAN aka EVE ET SON HOMME A TOUT FAIRE (CA) (1960); A Pad-Ram Enterprises release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, ArtDr: Mel Fowler, Cast: Eve Meyer, Anthony-James Ryan, Frank Bolger, Florence Moore, Francesca Leslie, Jackie Stephens, Mildred Knezevich, Iris Bristol, Gigi Frost, Rita Day, Lyle Tolefson, Charles Vaughn, James Evanoff, Ken Parker, color, 65 min.
THE NAKED CAMERA (1960); A ten minute color short directed, written, and shot by Meyer, and starring Mikki France. It was shown as a co-feature with EVE AND THE HANDYMAN, color.
EROTICA aka EROTICON (1961); A Pad-Ram Enterprises release, Pr: P.A. De Cenzie and Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, Narration by Jack Moran, Narrator: Joe Cranston, M: David Chudnow, Tommy Morgan, Cast: Donna Townsend, Peggy Martin, Sherry Knight, Werner Otto Kirsch, Charles G. Schelling, Pete DeCenzie, Russ Meyer, Althea Currier, Lana Young, Denise Daniels, Elaine Jones, color, 68 min. This film is comprised of six segments titled "Naked Innocence," "Beauties, Bubbles, and H2O," "The Bear and the Bare," "Nudists on the High Seas," "The Nymphs," and "The Bikini Busters," color, 65 min.
WILD GALS OF THE NAKED WEST! aka THE IMMORAL WEST-AND HOW IT WAS LOST aka THE NAKED WEST-AND HOW IT WAS LOST, aka THE IMMORAL WEST, aka THE IMMORAL GIRLS OF THE NAKED WEST aka NAKED GALS OF THE GOLDEN WEST (1962); A Pad-Ram Enterprises release, distributed by Pacifica Productions, Pr: P.A. De Cenzie and Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, M: Marlin Skiles, ArtDr: Mel Fowler, Cast: Julie Williams, Jack Moran, Teri Taylor aka Goldie Nuggets, Sammy Gilbert, Frank Bolger, Ken Parker, James Anthony Ryan, Pete DeCenzie, Paul Fox, Princess Livingston, Charles G. Schelling. Russ Meyer, Topanga Gulch Players, color, 62 min.
HEAVENLY BODIES! aka HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT (1963); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, Cast: Ken Parker, Gaby Martine, Marian Milford, Don Cochran, Werner Otto Kirsch, Fred Owens, Billy Newhouse, Orville Hallberg, Bill Cummings, Althea Currier, Monica Liljistrand, Yvonne Cortell, Paulette Firestone, Maria Andre, Princess Livingston, F.E. Falconer, Robert J. Ewald, William Knowles, Rochelle Kennedy, Charles Schelling, Nancy Andre, Don Goodwin, Ivana Nolte, Amber Morgan, Binkie Stewart, Russ Meyer, color, 62 min.
SKYSCRAPERS AND BRASSIERES (1963); A ten minute color short directed, written, and shot by Meyer, and featuring Rochelle Kennedy. It was shown as a co-feature with HEAVENLY BODIES!, color.
EUROPE IN THE RAW (1963); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, Narrators: Franklin L. Thistle, Vic Perrin, Lynn Held, Cast: Denise Du Vall, Heidi Richter, Yvette Le Grand, Greta Thorwald, Abundavita, Gigi La Touche, Veronique Gabriel, Fred Owens, color, 72 min.
LORNA aka LORNA, L'INCARNATION DU DESIR (FR) aka LORNA-ZUVIEL FUR EINEN MANN (GR) (1964); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Wr: James Griffith, Russ Meyer, S: Charles G. Schelling, Jim Nelson, Cam: Walter Schenk, M: Hal Hopper, James Griffith, Dialog: James Griffith, PrMgr: Fred Ownes, Cast: Lorna Maitland, Mark Bradley, James Rucker, Hal Hopper, Doc Scortt, James Griffith, Althea Currier, F. Rufus Owens, Frank Bolger, Kenneth H. Parker, b/w, 79 min.
FANNY HILL: MEMORIES OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE (1964); A Favorite Films release of Famous Players Corporation production, Pr: Albert Zugsmith, Dr: Russ Meyer, Wr: Robert Hill from John Cleland, C: Heinz Hilscher, Ed: Alfred Srp, M: Erwin Halletz, AssDr: Elfie Tillack, Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Letitia Roman, Walter Giller, Alex D'Arcy, Helmut Weiss, Chris Howland, Ulli Lommel, Cara Garnett, Karin Evans, Syra Marty, Albert Zugsmith, Christiane Schmidtmer, Heide Hansen, Erica/Veronica Ericson, Patricia Houston, Marshall Raynor, Hilda Sessack, Billy Frick, Jurgen Nesbach, Herbert Knippenberg, Susanne Hsiao, Renate Hutte aka Rena Horten, Ellen Velero, b/w, 104 min.
MOTOR PSYCHO aka MOTOR MODS AND ROCKERS aka LES ENRAGES DE LA MOTO (CA) aka LE GANG SAUVAGE (BG) aka MOTOR-PSYCHO - WIE WILDE HENGSTE (GR); working title: RIO VENGEANCE (1965); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Wr/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Wr: W.E. Sprague, James Griffith, Hal Hopper, AsDr: George Costello, Ed: Charles G. Schelling, M: Igo Kantor, Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter, S: Charles G. Schelling aka Carl G. Sheldon, Cast: Stephen Oliver, Haji, Alex Rocco, Holle K. Winters, Joseph Cellini, Thomas Scott, Coleman Francis, Sharon Lee, Steve Masters, Arshalouls Aivasian, F. Rufus Owens, E.E. (Russ) Meyer, George Costello, Richard Brummer, b/w, 74 min.
MUDHONEY aka MUDHONEY...LEAVES A TASTE OF EVIL! aka ROPE OF FLESH aka LA FILLE DU RUISSEAU, LE DESIR DANS LES TRIPES (FR) aka IM GARTEN DER LUST (GR) aka ESCLAVE DE SES PASSIONS (BG) (1965); A Delta Films release, Pr: Russ Meyer, George Costello, Dr/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Wr: Raymond Friday Locke, William E. Sprague (from Locke's novel "Streets Paved With Gold") AsDr: George Costello, Ed: Charles G. Schelling, S: Charles G. Schelling, C: Walter Schenk, M: Henri Price, Cast: Hal Hopper, Lorna Maitland, Antoinette Cristiani, John Furlong, Stu Lancaster, Rena Horten, Princess Livingston, Sam Hanna, Nick Wolcuff, Frank Bolger, Lee Ballard, Mickey Foxx, F. Rufus Owens, Gil Haimson, William Maley, Wilfred Kues, Peter Cunningham, Clarence Lowe, Donald Hansen, Milard Ferla, Bill Gunter, Russ Meyer, b/w, 92 min.
FASTER, PUSSYCAT, KILL! KILL!, aka PUSSYCAT, aka THE MANKILLERS (UK), aka LEATHER GIRLS (UK), aka PLUS VITE MES CHATTES, TUEZ! TUEZ! (CA), DIE SATANSWEIBER VON TITTFIELD (GR) (1966); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer and Eve Meyer, Dr/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Fred Owens, George Costello, Wr: Jack Moran, A.Dr: George Costello, C: Walter Schenk, AssC: Gil Haimson, S: Charles Schelling, Richard Serly Brummer, M: Igor Kantor, theme by Paul Sawtelle, Bert Shefter and Rick Jarrard - sung by the Bostweeds, Cast: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka, Dennis Busch, Ray Barlow, Mickey Foxx, John Furlong (narrator), b/w, 84 min.
MONDO TOPLESS aka MONDO GIRLS aka MONDO TOP aka LA FETE DU NU (BG) (1966); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed/Music: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Fred Owens, Bill Newhouse, Richard Serly Brummer, S: Don Minkler, M: performed by the Alladins, Cast: Babette Bardot, Sin Lenee, Diane Young, Donna X, Pat Barringer, Darla Paris, Darlene Grey, Lorna Maitland, Veronique Gabriel, Greta Thorwald, Denise Duval, Gigi La Touche, Abundavita, Heidi Richter, Yvette Le Grand, John Furlong (narrator), color, 61 min.
GOOD MORNING AND GOODBYE aka THE LUST SEEKERS (UK) aka BONJOUR ET ADIEU (CA), aka BONJOUR ET AU REVOIR (BG) (1967); An Eve Productions release; Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Ed/C: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Fred Owen, AssDr: George Costello, Wr: John E. Moran, AssEd: Richard Serly Brummer, AssC: Fred Owen, Jack Lucas, Wady Medawar, S: Richard Brummer and John E. Moran, M: Igo Kantor, Cast: Alaina Capri, Stuart Lancaster, Pat Wright, Haji, Karen Ciral, Don Johnson, Tom Howland, Megan Timothy, Toby Adler, Sylvia Tedemar, Carol Peters, Joe Perrin (narrator), color, 78min.
COMMON-LAW CABIN! aka HOW MUCH LOVING DOES A NORMAL COUPLE NEED aka CONJUGAL CABIN (UK), aka CETTE SOIF D'AMOUR (CA), aka COMBIEN DE FOIS FAUT-IL FAIRE L'AMOUR POUR ETRE UN COUPLE NORMAL? (FR) (1967); An Eve Productions release; Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Ed/C/Wr: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, George Costello, Wr: Jack Moran, C: Wady Medawar, Jack Lucas, S: Richard Serly Brummer, Irwin Cadden, Don Minkler, M: Igor Kantor, Cast: Ken Swofford, Alaina Capri, Jack Moran, Adele Rein, Andrew Hagara, Frank Bolger, Babette Bardot, John Furlong, George Costello, color, 70 min.
FINDER KEEPERS, LOVERS WEEPERS! aka NULL NULL SEX (AS) aka QUI S'Y FROTTE S'Y PIQUE (CA) aka VILTAR ASTRIDUR (SP) (1968); An Eve Productions release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Ed/C/Wr: Russ Meyer, ExPr: Eve Meyer, AssPr: Anthony James Ryan, AssDr: George Costello, Wr: Richard Zachary, Ed: Richard Serly Brummer, S: Richard Serly Brummer, Nikolai Volokhanovich, Bill Mumford, Don Minkler, C: Wady Medawar, M: Igo Kantor, theme by Melvin Elling with the Casuals on the Square, Cast: Anne Chapman, Paul Lockwood, Gordon Wescourt, Duncan McLeod, Robert Rudelson, Lavelle Roby, Jan Sinclair, Joey Duprez, Nick Wolcuff, Pam Collins, Michael Roberts, Vicki Roberts, George C. Carll, Barney Caliendo, Louis Innerarity, Robert Pergament, Walter Cummings, Orville Hallberg, George Cole, Robert Massaroli, Harvey Pergament, Robert Mumm, Anthony James Ryan, John Furlong, Russ Meyer, color, 73 min.
VIXEN aka RUSS MEYER'S VIXEN aka VIXEN LA RENARDE (CA), aka OHNE GNADE, SCHATZEN (GR) (1968); An Eve Productions and Coldstream Films release; Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Anthony James Ryan, Richard Serly Brummer, George Costello, AssDr: George Costello, Wr: Robert Rudelson, Anthony James Ryan, ?AssEd: Richard Serly Brummer, AssC: Anthony James Ryan, John Koester, S: Richard Serly Brummer, John Koester, Don Minkler, M: Igo Kantor, William Loose, ArtDr: Wilfred Kues, Cast: Erica Gavin, Harrison Page, Garth Pillsbury, Michael O'Donnell, Vincene Wallace, Robert Aiken, Jon Evans, Peter Carpenter, Jackie Illman, John Furlong, Russ Meyer, Vic Perrin (narrator), color, 71 min, soundtrack on Beverly Hills Records.
CHERRY, HARRY, AND RAQUEL aka RUSS MEYER'S CHERRY, HARRY, AND RAQUEL aka THREE WAYS TO LOVE (UK), aka LES STIMULATRICES (FR) aka MENAGE A TROIS (FR) (1969); An Eve release of a Panamint Film production; Pr: Russ Meyer, D/Wr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Eve Meyer, Anthony James Ryan, Thomas J. McGowan, Wr: Tom Wolfe (aka Thomas J. McGowan), Russ Meyer, AssEd: Richard Serly Brummer, Robert Pergament, S: Richard Brummer, M: Igo Kantor, William Loose, theme by Byron Cole, James East, Stu Phillips - performed by the Jacks and Balls, Cast: Larissa Ely, Linda Ashton, Charles Napier, Bert Santos, Franklin H. Bolger, Uschi Digard (aka Astrid Lillimor), Michele Grand, John Milo, Robert Aiken, Michaelani, John Koester, Daniel Roberts, color, 71 min, soundtrack on Beverly Hills Records.
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS aka LA VALLEE DES PLAISIRS (FR) aka HOLLYWOOD VIXENS (FR) aka ORGISSIMO (FR), aka LA VALLEE DES DEBAUCHES (BG), aka BLUMEN OHNE DUFT (GR), aka LUNGO LA VALLE DELLE BAMBOLE (IT) (1970); A Twentieth Century Fox release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Ed/Wr: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Red Hershon, Eve Meyer, AssDr: David Hall, C.E. Dismukes, Wr: Roger Ebert, C: Fred J. Koenekamp, Ed: Dann Cahn, Dick Wormel, S: Richard Overton, Don Minkler, M: Stu Phillips, Igor Kantor, William Loose, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Sandpipers, ArtDr: Jack Martin Smith, Arthur Lonergan, SetDr: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss, Cast: Dolly Read, Cynthia Meyers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Erica Gavin, Phyllis Davis, Harrison Page, Duncan McLeod, Lavelle Roby, Jim Iglehart, Charles Napier, Henry Rowland, Haji, Pam Grier, Garth Pillsbury, Princess Livingston, Veronica Erickson, Stan Ross, Angel Ray, Karen Smith, Sebastian Brock, Bruce V. McBroom, Ian Sander, Koko Tani, Samantha Scott, Tea Crawford, Heath Jobes, John Logan, Susan Reed, Robin Bach, Ceil Cabot, Mary Carroll, Joseph Cellini, Jackie Cole, Cissy Colpitts, Frank Corsentino, Mibb Curry, Coleman Francis, Charles Fox, T.J. Halligan, Rick Holmes, Marshall Kent, Michael Kriss, Tim Laurie, Bebe Louie, Lillian Martin, Ashley Phillips, "Big Jack" Provan, Joyce Rees, Chris Riordian, Bert Santos, George Stratton, color, 109 min, soundtrack on Twentieth Century Fox.
THE SEVEN MINUTES aka 7 MINUTI CHE CONTANO (IT) (1971); A Twentieth Century Fox release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Red Hershon, Eve Meyer, AssDr: David Hall, Wr: Richard Warren Lewis from the book by Irving Wallace, C: Fred Mandl, Orville Hallburg, Ed: Dick Wormel, S: Don J. Bassman, Theodore Soderberg, M: Stu Phillips, B.B. King, Don Reed, Merryweather and Carey, ArtDr: Rodger Maus, SetDr: Walter M. Scott, Raphael Bretton, Cast: Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Jay C. Flippen, Edy Williams, Lyle Bettger, Jackie Gayle, Ron Randell, Charles Drake, John Carradine, Harold J. Stone, John Sarno, Billy Durkin, Robert Moloney, Berry Kroeger, Olan Soule, Stanley Adams, Tom Selleck, Alex D'Arcy, David Brian, Yvonne De Carlo, James Iglehart, Stanley Adams, Yvonne D'Angers, Jan Shutan, Berry Kroeger, Ralph Story, Charles Napier, Kay Peters, Richard Angarola, Shawn "Baby Doll" Devereaux, Regis J. Cordic, John Lawrence, Mora Gray, Stu Lancaster, Henry Rowland, Barry Coe, Calvin Bartlett, Wolfman Jack, Ken Jones, Bill Baldwin, Vince Williams, Robin Hughes, Jim Bacon, John Gruber, Chris Marks, Peter Shrayder, Lynn Hamilton, Patrick Wright, Lillian Lehman, Judy Baldwin, Paul Stader, George De Normand, Jeffrey Sayre, Barry Coe, 115 min, soundtrack on Twentieth Century Fox.
BLACKSNAKE aka DUTCHESS OF DOOM aka SWEET SUZY aka SLAVES (UK), aka LE SERPENT NOIR (FR) aka CARNE CRUDA (IT) (1973); A Signal 166 Inc. and Trident Films release, Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/Wr/C: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Anthony James Ryan, Wr: Len Neubauer, Anthony James Ryan, C: Arthur Ornitz, Arthur Browne, Ed: Fred Baratta, ArtDr: Rick Heatherly, S: Richard Serly Brummer M: Bill Loose, Al Teeter, Cast: Anouska Hempel, David Warbeck, Percy Herbert, Milton McCollin, Thomas Baptiste, Bernard Boston, Vikki Richards, Dave Prowse, Bob Minor, Bloke Modisane, Anthony Sharpe, Robert Lee, Carl Corbin, Eggie Clark, Sydney A. Harris, Donna Young, Lawanda Moore, Wendell Williams, Bruce Richard, Don Dandridge, color, 85 min.
SUPERVIXENS aka VIXENS (CA) aka LES SUPERBES RENARDES (CA) aka SUPERVIXENS ERUPTION (GR) (1975); A Semptember 19 production presented by R M Films International Inc., Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed/Wr: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Wilfred Kues, Charles Napier, Fred Owens, James Parsons, ExPr: Anthony James Ryan, C: Douglas Knapp, Tom Neuwirth, ArtDr: Michael Levesque, S: Richard Serly Brummer, M: Bill Loose, Cast: Shari Eubanks, Charles Napier, Uschi Digard, Charles Pitts, Henry Rowland, Christy Hartburg, Sharon Kelly, Deborah McGuire, Glenn Dixon, John LaZar, Stu Lancaster, Haji, "Big Jack" Provan, Garth Pillsbury, Ann Marie, Ron Sheridan, John Lawrence, Paul Fox, F. Rufus Owen, John Furlong, Russ Meyer, color, 105 min.
UP! (1976); An R H M Distributors release of a Russ Meyer production; Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Fred Owens, Uschi Digard, Wr: B. Callum (Russ Meyer), Jim Ryan, Reinhold Timme (Roger Ebert), C: Pat Lennef, Fred "Fritz" Mandl, Tom Hammel, ArtDr: Michele Levesque, S: Dan Holland, Richard Anderson, Fred Owens, M: Bill Loose, Paul Ruhland, Ichthyologist: Charles E. Sumners, Cast: Raven De La Croix, Robert McLane, Edward Schaaf, Candy Samples (Mary Gavin), Elaine Collins, Su Ling, Janet Wood, Linda Sue Ragsdale, Harry, Monte Bane, Larry Dean, Marianne Marks, Bob Schott, Foxy Lae, Fred Owens, Wilburn Kluck, Ray Reinhardt, Francesca "Kitten" Natividad, Russ Meyer, color, 80 min.
BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS aka RUSS MEYER'S BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS aka IMTIENFEN TAL SER SUPERHEXEN (AS) (1979); An R M Films International Inc. release of a Russ Meyer production; Pr: Russ Meyer, Dr/C/Ed: Russ Meyer, AssPr: Fred Owens, Richard Serly Brummer, Uschi Digard, Wr: R. Hyde (Roger Ebert), B. Callum (Russ Meyer), ArtDr: Michael Levesque, S: Fred Owens, M: William Tasker, Richard Serly Brummer, Cast: Francesca "Kitten" Natividad, Anne Marie, Ken Kerr, June Mack, Pat Wright, Michael Finn, Steve Tracy, Sharon Hill, Henry Rowland, Robert E. Pearson, De Forest Covan, Don Scarbrough, Aram Katcher, Uschi Digard, Candy Samples (Mary Gavin), Stuart Lancaster, Russ Meyer, color, 93 min.
Meyer appears on the screen in EROTICA, WILD GALS, HEAVENLY BODIES, MOTOR PSYCHO, MUDHONEY, FINDERS KEEPERS, VIXEN, CHERRY, SUPERVIXENS, UP! and ULTRAVIXENS. Roger Ebert contributes writing to DOLLS, UP! and ULTRAVIXENS.
Meyer has alluded to other projects throughout his career which were halted at various levels of completion. Those I'm aware of are listed below:
CHOICE CUTS - For Darryl Zanuck at Warner Brothers circa 1971.
ELEVEN - A horror project for Tempo productions, that was to be filmed in the South circa 1972.
BEYOND...BEYOND - Russ was talking of this BVD "non-sequel" around 1972.
FOXY - To feature then wife Edy Williams. In 1973 some censorship decisions from courts caused Russ to drop production for fear of losing his investors money. Russ produced BLACKSNAKE that year completely with his own funding.
UP THE VALLEY OF THE BEYOND - A project co-written with Roger Ebert which was being planned around the time of UP! and BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS (both also co-written by Ebert using a pseudonym).
WHO KILLED BAMBI? - Another project to be co-written by Ebert in 1980. This was a planned feature on the Sex Pistols. Meyer quit after some early shooting over disagreements with Malcom McLaren. The film eventually emerged as THE GREAT ROCK AND ROLL SWINDLE.
THE JAWS OF VIXEN and THE JAWS OF LORNA - Projects sometimes alluded to in the post-BTVOTUV period. THE JAWS OF VIXEN was promoted at the end of that film.
BLITZEN, VIXEN AND HARRY - A 1982 Variety article described this as a co-production of RM International and Filmwelt Verleih-Und Vertribs of Munich. It was to be a DIRTY HARRY parody starring Charles Napier, Henry Rowlnd, and seven Playboy Playmates.
MONDO TOPLESS II - A sequel spoken of in the mid-80's which is still being listed as available "someday." According to Russ' current literature, some of the featured talent appears to be Eva "Tundi" Horvath, Tami Roche, "Baby Doll" Devereaux, and Kristine Mills.
THE BREAST OF RUSS MEYER - A twelve hour videography incorporating segments from all of his films, and newly shot footage organized into a biographical form. This labor of love is frequently referred to in interviews over the last ten years, but it has yet to be released.
Other eighties projects by Russ are a video for the LA metal band Faster Pussycat, and a video feature on stripper Melissa Mounds, coming soon as VOL. A in THE BREAST OF RUSS MEYER series. It looks as if Pandora Peaks will be the featured performer in VOL. B. Russ also served as photographer on a pre-IMMORAL MR. TEAS project with producer Pete De Cenzie called THE FRENCH PEEP SHOW or FRENCH POSTCARDS, which featured stripper Tempest Storm. He was the cinematographer on the film THE DESPERATE WOMAN (1954), which was produced by Samuel Newman and directed by Louis Appleton Jr. Russ was also a photographer during WWII, and footage that he shot was later used in PATTON.
A 1954 film titled ROOGIE'S BUMB has been falsely identified as starring Meyer. This was a movie featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers, and one of the players was named Russ Meyer. The Re/Search filmography lists THIS IS MY BODY (1959) as a Meyer film when in fact it is a nudist colony film made around the same time TEAS. Some reference books have list the film KISS ME QUICK aka DR. BREEDLOVE aka HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE (1964) as a Russ Meyer film. This is incorrect; it was a Harry Novak/Box Office International release directed by Peter Perry using the pseudonym Seymour Tuchas. This film is now available from Something Weird Video, and watching it leaves no doubt.
Meyer has full ownership of all of his films as director with the exception of FANNY HILL, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, and THE SEVEN MINUTES. An interesting side note is that every film he made was profitable with the exception of THE SEVEN MINUTES and BLACKSNAKE. Meyer has put out the following titles on video, which are currently available from him on his RM International label: THE IMMORAL MR. TEAS, EVE AND THE HANDYMAN, WILD GALS OF THE NAKED WEST, LORNA, MOTOR PSYCHO, MUDHONEY, FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL!, MONDO TOPLESS, GOODMORNING AND GOODBYE, COMMON-LAW CABIN!, FINDERS KEEPERS LOVERS WEEPERS, VIXEN, CHERRY, HARRY AND RAQUEL, SUPERVIXENS, UP! and BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS. One source tells me that a BLACKSNAKE release is in the works. RM International is at PO Box 3748, Hollywood, CA 90078. Word has it that when you call to place an order, Russ himself might answer the phone. One person has told me of placing an order for MONDO TOPLESS upon which Russ replied, "It's a piece of shit - but it rents like a motherfucker." Tapes are currently $79.95 each, or $40.00 each when ordering six or more. BLACKSNAKE can be obtained from Video Search Of Miami in a letterboxed, French language version, with English subtitles ("SERPENT NOIR"). Video Search is at P.O. Box 16-1917, Miami, Florida, 33116-1917. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS was put out by Magnetic Video in 1980, and was re-issued in 1993 on Fox Video after they were able to get a NC-17 from the MPAA gestapo, and thus wouldn't violate their policy of never releasing an "X-rated tape." The laser disc has this Panavision film letterboxed and thus shown in all it's widescreen glory. FANNY HILL has also been legally issued on video but is long out of print - check your video store however.
Also look for Russ' cameo as the video store clerk in the late-80's AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON.
And now this commentary from when the entire Meyer article was originally published:
I like the FUNHOUSE! but try to be sensitive to your women readers, most of whom are rather disgusted by pornography, and the exploitation of women, strong characters or not. We like to be thought of a more than a pair of mammary glands. _Very_ itchy subject. If he picked his actresses on the basis of their breasts, then he was interested in his hormones and in money, not art, and definitely not in a positive portrayal of women. I'm not suggesting censorship on your part, but perhaps a little consideration.
Thanks,
Sarah Aist sa930211mcis@messiah.edu
That sounds like a suggestion of censorship to me.