{"id":24180,"date":"2017-02-11T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=24180"},"modified":"2019-02-09T06:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T11:20:57","slug":"x-rated-alley-the-exotic-dances-of-bettie-page-blu-ray-42nd-street-forever-the-peep-show-collection-vol-19-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/11\/x-rated-alley-the-exotic-dances-of-bettie-page-blu-ray-42nd-street-forever-the-peep-show-collection-vol-19-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Rated Alley: The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page [Blu-Ray], 42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 19 (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In case you missed it, here\u2019s what has happened so far in \u201cThe Peepshow Collection\u201d movie series: The first nineteen volumes were filled with a lot of adult porn performers having sex, and engaging in general sexual acts. The next volumes will likely have those events unfold, too. Now that you\u2019re caught up, for folks that value this kind of nostalgia and once thought lost series of stag films and porn theater shorts, \u201c42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 19\u201d <\/strong>from Impulse Pictures is back to the basics once again. As always the volume, which clocks in at almost two hours, is split in to man on girl, girl on girl, and basic shorts with orgies, threesomes and the like.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>These shorts are raw and uncensored stag films in the age of film projectors, so they have no sound and run about ten minutes a piece. There\u2019s something a lot more appealing with older porn that featured actresses that were often untouched by surgery, and about as natural as they could possibly be. There\u2019s too much artifice in modern pornography, so if you seek a break from that kind of material, this collection offers up some shorts by classic porn stars that are still widely celebrated and ogled by many. There are shorts here featuring Linda Shaw and the great Vanessa Del Rio and Seka.<\/p>\n

Some of the best shorts in the play list include \u201cLesbian Lust,\u201d \u201cGames People Play,\u201d and \u201cVideo Games\u201d where a gent films himself having sex with two gorgeous women. The DVD comes with another really fun essay by porn archaeologist Dimitrios Otis who pens \u201cPorn Loops are the Great Leveler\u201d in which is he examines how major porn stars, most of the time the fantasies normal people, and normal participants of porn hired to have sex with them are given significant social balance on-screen, and either stumble in to having sex with icons like John Holmes, or are faced with the shocking pressure of being on screen with sexy vixens like Seka.<\/p>\n

Next there\u2019s \u201cThe Exotic Dances of Bettie Page\u201d<\/strong> from Cult Epics, a brand new Blu-Ray filled with Bettie Page\u2019s elusive erotic shorts, as curated by Nico B. There were tons of cheesecake models and pin ups in the sixties, but Bettie Page has always had that particular charm and power to her that continues to inspire women and men of all kinds. She\u2019s become something of an icon and mascot for liberation, sexual power, and so much more. She\u2019s something of the alternative Marilyn Monroe who continues to be studied and explored by all kinds of pop culture and erotica enthusiasts alike, and her movies, however tame they are, still present a danger and boldness to them that is impossible to resist. There\u2019s also an interesting dynamic in most of her shorts, where the dangerous and viciously sexy and charismatic Page fools around with elements typically considered innocent.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u201cBettie\u2019s Clown Dance\u201d features her sexually dancing around with a Clown doll, grinning from ear to ear. There\u2019s also \u201cPeppy Graceful Dance\u201d where she dances with a man\u2019s fedora hat, and jives to music like a sock hopper. Page was around during a time where porn and adult entertainment of all kinds was considered illegal and despicable, and Page celebrated her sexuality on screen ten fold. She seemed to challenge conventions in a time where women were expected to be subservient and be at home caring for kids and home.<\/p>\n

Though she\u2019s examined as something of a conservative woman and a religiously devout one, her sexuality on screen indicates someone who was never afraid to express her sexual appetite. She also seemingly never considered ideas like fetishes and domination as a defiant gesture to her religious beliefs, or moral ideals. Acclaimed Nico B brings collectors and fans a slew of more black and white Bettie Page shorts directed by Irving Klaw that are restored and given a brand new soundtrack.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s “Return of the Teaser Girl”, “Bettie’s Clown Dance” Parts One and Two, “Flirtatious Dance By Bettie”, “Peppy Graceful Dance”, “Bettie Waltzing in Satin Scanties”, “Tambourine Dance”, “Joyful Dance By Bettie”, “Bettie’s Hat Dance”, “Dream Dance By Bettie”, and “Betty’s Lingerie Tease Dance” Part Two (no Part One). There are also four bonus “Kamera Klub” shorts featuring Page: “Bettie Page Nude”, “Bettie Page in Black Lingerie”, “…White Lingerie”, and “…Red Lingerie.”<\/p>\n

Featured in the Collector\u2019s Blu-Ray is the \u201cIrving Klaw Photo Video Gallery\u201d which is mostly bondage material with Bettie tied up and gagged. There\u2019s also “Bettie Page Uncovered: The Private Life & Photographs,\u201d a twenty two minute segment with Page\u2019s nephew Ron Brem who visits an exhibit of Page\u2019s work. Brem allows audiences a glimpse at his aunt and mom Goldie\u2019s work, and there\u2019s a fun but brief Q&A who discusses his family gatherings and memories of aunt Bettie. Featured in the liner notes is a pretty in depth bio of Bettie Page, a play list of the short films, and an essay by Cult Epics Founder Nico B. who discusses his admiration for Page, and restoring her short films.<\/p>\n