Sex and Buttered Popcorn, Vol. 2 - Sex, Sin, and Salvation

Description

A double feature of cheap thrills that brought full tills to those down theatres and Hollywood's exploiters. Feature #1: "She Shoulda' Said No!" (aka "Wild Weed") (1949) starring Lila Leeds whose climb to fame was being arrested with Robert Mitchum at a 1948-pot party! How bad can a good girl get...without losing her virtue and self respect? Produced by legendary exploiter, Kroger Babb. Feature #2: "Mad Youth" (1934) Mary Ainslee and William Costello find the daring pitfalls of the streamlined age are revealed before their very eyes in this jitterbug classic. Restored from rare surviving 35mm prints. Bonus Features: Motion Menu| Scene Selection| Exploitation Advertising Gallery| Bonus Vintage Nudie-Cutie Shorts: "We Still Don't Believe It" and "Your Pin Up Girl"| Bit Player Bio (dancer, Pearl Tolson)| Exploitation Trailers. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 154 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; SRP - $9.99.

Customer Reviews:

A lot of fun!.......2006-06-12

Beautiful film quality, and the interviews with the old roadshowmen, Dave Freidman and Dan Sonney, are hilarious. Ned Beatty is the perfect choice as host/narrator. A lot of fun from beginning to end.

Fun but not terribly informative.......2006-03-04

As a fan of exploitation films, I was excited to see this documentary. Unfortunately it is merely fun, without any clear thesis. Particularly annoying is the fact that the filmmakers don't identify the film clips, so that one who is unfamiliar with exploitation films would not be able to find any of the individual films that interested him or her. Also, more focus is put on nudity than is necessary; the effect is to "undersell" drug films, eugenics films, and white slavery films, among others. (Indeed, the documentary does have considerable nudity, although it's usually fairly innocuous.) A much, much better introduction to exploitation films is Eric Schaefer's book " 'Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!': A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959." Watch this documentary for fun; read that book for information.

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