Brainscan once again takes a deep dive into the history of film nudity. In this presentation, he focuses on the exploitation master, Harry Novak, who filled the drive-ins and grindhouse theaters of America with some of their most memorable moments. All of the comments and collages below have been created by Brainscan. Some accompanying film clips are found in the members’ section.
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Wrapping it up
In the first several years of his productions, Harry Novak turned to print models to carry the load of on-screen nekkidness. He was not alone, as most who made exploitation movies of the 1960s and early 1970s relied on women who had already shown a disposition to undress in front of a camera. Here is a smattering of what the still camera had to show.
Althea Currier in Kiss Me Quick
Althea Currier modeling
Cathy Crowfoot in Street of a Thousand Pleasures
Cathy Crowfoot modeling
Claudia Banks in Kiss Me Quick
Claudia Banks modeling
Dyanne Thorne in Wham Bam, Thank You, Spaceman
Dyanne Thorne in modeling
Gaby Martone in Mermaids of Tiburon
Gaby Martone modeling
Joyce Gibson in Wham Bam, Thank You, Spaceman
Joyce Gibson modeling
Karen Thomas in The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet
Karen Thomas modeling
Mary Bauer in Henry’s Night In
Mary Bauer modeling
Mickey Jines in The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet
Mickey Jines modeling
Pat Barrington in Lila
Pat Barrington modeling
Rene Bond in Below the Belt
Rene Bond modeling
Sharon Wells in A Sweet Sickness
Sharon Wells modeling
Tori Lambert in Agony of Love
Tori Lambert modeling
Uschi Digard in Below the Belt
Film and modeling legend Uschi Digard
Part 1 of this series, The Sixties, can be found here.
Part 2, Hicksploitation, is here.
Part 3, The Seventies, is here.
This series was great. Thanks for the hard work.