Tag: Film

June Palmer – S’Trips On The River – Part II (Video)

Now this was a pleasant surprise! A few weeks ago John W sent me another disc of June films from his collection that he had digitized, most were titles I know about, but sat amongst them was this little gem! A 8mm black and white film featuring June I hadn’t seen or known about! The title of the film pretty much says it all, as it features a young June and unknown friend, stripping on the river.

Details of the film can be seen in the box cover below, but it seems to have been produced by Stag Films and was film No.113 featuring Jane (June) and Gina messing about on the river. The other interesting thing is this is part 2, so there is another part to this film out there! I have no idea where or when this was filmed, but at several points during the film both June and Gina are seen coyly waving at passers by, luck them getting that view.

Enjoy this great little find of a new June film :)

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Walden Manor – It's All About Location! (Original)

For locations used for glamour shoots by GHM and others I’ve always been fascinated by Ewhurst Manor it’s location, background, grounds and rooms that were used. As I’ve posted more and more shots, it has also become obvious that this wasn’t the only location that was used and the name Walden Manor started to appear. Knowing very little about the place or location I thought I’d ask Terry as he mentioned it on one of his mails and he has kindly replied with this fascinating insight into Walden and a superb image!
It’s an old Manor House near Orpington in Kent. It was owned by a lovely couple in their 60’s, name of Janet and Jim Clark. Working there was a joy as Janet, who had spent most of her life in Mexico City was a great cook and always provided the most fabulous lunches. The only problem was that after eating too much nobody wanted to work in the afternoon. Walden Manor I think I am correct in saying was only used by GHM, Ed Alexander, Ken Williams and myself for glamour shoots although I believe they let it out to film and advertising companies. The great advantage to me was that it was nearly always available at short notice unlike Ewhurst who had so many clients it often needed to be booked well in advance. That was often difficult with the glamour girls who tended to be here today and gone tomorrow. There was a large entrance hall and several bedrooms including a four poster bed. The whole place was filled with antiques, a grand piano and a cellar.
One day GHM booked the place and turned up with a young couple telling Janet he wanted to take some romantic pix of them. At some point in the afternoon Janet happened to look out of one of the bedroom windows to see George on the front lawn taking close ups of the young couple having vigorous sex. That was too much for Janet and she refused to let him work there again!
When I was still working for Russell we had a 4 day shoot there making a film called the Hell Fire Club. A lot of the scenes were filmed in the cellar and in one particular shot I had to film two men dressed as Monks carrying a naked girl down the stairs. The wood was far more rotten than any realised and the whole lot came crashing down, luckily not causing any great damage to our actors. This meant the whole crew were now stuck in the cellar. After about 30 minutes of shouting, Jim finally turned up with a ladder and we all climbed out. We still had more of the film to shoot but some of he girls found it difficult going up and down the ladder when they were half naked. Personally I thought it was good fun!
I have attached a photo of us all in the entrance hall of Walden, taken by Jim Clark. 
Back row: Russell Gay, Samantha Bond, Terry Sparks, Cindy Neal, John (Assistant to Terry)
Front row: Milt (actor), Maya Zell, Malcolm (actor) and April Dawson
I love this as not your typical shot and good to see Terry in the photo. Great to see the models too, although April Dawson is a new name to me and Milt the actor looks familiar?
Thanks Terry :)
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Brides in the Bath – Part 2 (Video)

So as promised part 2 of the full version of ‘Brides in the Bath’.
This film was based loosely around the true life story of serial killer and bigamist George Joseph Smith.  I won’t bore you with the details, but if your interested in the real story there is a link here
The story behind this film can be found over on part 1

Highlights of this part, the can-can girls including Jayne Tracey and of course George’s third wife in the shape of June Palmer and another bath scene!

 Actresses in this part are listed below, again some I cannot identify, so let me know if you spot any?

George (?)

Can-Can Girl No.1 (?)

Can-Can Girl No.2 (Jayne Tracey)

Can-Can Girl No.3 (?)

Mistress (Same as Can-Can Girl No.3?)

Wife No.3 (June Palmer)


For those wanting to skip through things Jayne Tracey starts at 2:30 minutes and June Palmer at 14 minutes

So I leave you to enjoy part 2 of ‘Brides in the Bath’, which completes this never before seen video from Arthur Howell and featuring June Palmer.

 Next… Another never before seen June Palmer video called ‘Triangle’ featuring June as Little Bo-Peep, an image of which can be seen on her Wikipedia page … Here

 P.S. If the video fails at any point, do let me know :)

Wonder

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Brides in The Bath – Part 1 (Video)

So as promised the full version of ‘Brides in the Bath’, well part 1 anyway, as I needed to keep the file size down for hosting!
This film was based loosely around the true life story of serial killer and bigamist George Joseph Smith.  I won’t bore you with the details, but if your interested in the real story there is a link here
The story behind this film … Arthur Howell was hired to shoot a musical version of the Brides in the Bath story by someone whose name might have been Moscowicz. The details about who wanted this film are sketchy as the notes made at the time were destroyed in a fire. Fortunately the film itself survived. Harry Roy was to have written the music, but he died before shooting started, but the film was shot silent anyway. As Roy died on 1st February 1971, the film must have been shot at some point after this.  Arthur was never paid, so he hung onto the film until he sold it to my contact John W around 1985. He put together the film as best he could, but the film bears very little resemblance to the real story.

So how did I come by this film?  I saw a brief clip ‘June The Newlywed’ on YouTube posted by John and mailed him to ask permission to use the short clip being a June Palmer fan.  John kindly replied saying I could use the clip and then offered me the full film and the history of the film as described above.  Great I thought, an unseen June Palmer film to share, but I nearly fell of my chair when I watched the full version!  Not only does it start June Palmer, but a number of other well known models of that time including Teri Martine, Dawn Grayson, Jayne Tracey and others I have as of yet been unable to identify. The highlights for me?  The Dawn Grayson & June Palmer bath scenes of course!

George (?)

1st Wife (?)

Waitress/Maid (Teri Martine)

Matron? (?)

Mistress/2nd Wife (Dawn Grayson)


For those wanting to skip through things Teri Martine starts at 7 minutes and Dawn Grayson at 17 minutes

So I leave you to enjoy part 1, with part 2 coming soon!  In the meantime can anyone identify the other models or the real name of George?  If so please do let me know?

P.S. If the video fails at any point, do let me know :)

Wonder

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Margaret Nolan – The Art Mistress (Video)

A nice little clip sent to me of Margaret Nolan doing a little strip (No nudity though!) from one of my contacts.  The clip is actually from the 1966 film ‘The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery’, where Nolan played the ‘Art Mistress’ for the school, who had to revert to stripping when the school closed, due to fire!

Nice Little Clip of Margaret Nolan.

Enjoy!

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Margaret Nolan – Goldfinger Title Sequence

I don’t normally do GIF’s, but saw this on Tumblr and as it’s two of my favourite subjects I thought I’d share it!  I’m probably a bigger James Bond fan than I am 1950’s & 60’s vintage models, so to combine the two was too good to miss!  So here you have the opening title sequence from ‘Goldfinger’ cleverly broken down into 10 short clips, featuring Margaret Nolan’s body as a movie screen.  I think numer 2 and number 5 clips are my personal favourites!


Margaret Nolan in the opening titles of Guy Hamilton’s Goldfinger (1964) titles designed by Robert Brownjohn (Source:20th-century-man)
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Margaret Nolan – Promise Her Anything (Film)

A couple of Lobby Cards and still shots from the 1965 film ‘Promise Her Anything’ starring Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Asa Maynor and featuring Margaret Nolan as a ‘Mail Order Film Girl’.
The official film synopsis is ‘A young lady has been widowed and left with a baby son to bring up alone. She decides that the baby needs a father figure and decides to marry a psychologist. She hides her son with an upstairs neighbour until she has got her man’.
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The Secrets of Black Castle

I found this in a copy of Dazzling Dolls magazine amongst the naked beauties!  An advert for the 8mm films of Black Castle Part 1 & 2, A Hard Night, Impetuous and Beatnics.  I’m not sure if these are HM films, as I don’t recognise the film titles, but I sure do recognise the models in the advert and the dungeon set that appears in many HM photo’s and films. 

In no particular order some of the models are June Palmer, Virginia Green, Rita Landre, Lorraine BurnettRona Scott & Paula Page.  Anyone seen these films?

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