By Tim Greaves
The British sex film was a truly unique beast. Finding its feet at the back end of the 1950s, proliferating throughout the 60s and 70s, and all but gone the way of the dodo by the early 80s, sex may have been the selling point but scarcely was it delivered upon. Usually depicting the act itself as a bit of a lark and something to be sniggered at, due to restrictive British laws at the time the menu in this country was mostly comprised of light titillation as opposed to the more, er... shall we say ‘gratifying’ material being served up to European and Stateside audiences. With little to see beyond pert pink posteriors and bountiful bare bosoms, visuals whose stimulation value was already negligible were often further quashed by the wince-inducing sound of a slide-whistle.
The films that general audiences probably think of in regard to...
The British sex film was a truly unique beast. Finding its feet at the back end of the 1950s, proliferating throughout the 60s and 70s, and all but gone the way of the dodo by the early 80s, sex may have been the selling point but scarcely was it delivered upon. Usually depicting the act itself as a bit of a lark and something to be sniggered at, due to restrictive British laws at the time the menu in this country was mostly comprised of light titillation as opposed to the more, er... shall we say ‘gratifying’ material being served up to European and Stateside audiences. With little to see beyond pert pink posteriors and bountiful bare bosoms, visuals whose stimulation value was already negligible were often further quashed by the wince-inducing sound of a slide-whistle.
The films that general audiences probably think of in regard to...
- 11/30/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Pin-up of the 1950s best known for her cameo role in the film Peeping Tom
Although best-known for her cameo appearance in Peeping Tom, Michael Powell's classic 1959 film, Pamela Green, who has died aged 81, was the leading British pin-up of that period. For a generation of young men, her lithe figure, long blonde hair and photogenic features represented an unattainable ideal of feminine allure. Her role in Peeping Tom was the first appearance of a naked woman in a British feature film.
The only child of an English architect and his Dutch wife, Green spent her first decade in the Netherlands. On the eve of the second world war, she and her parents decamped to England. Always keen on painting and drawing, in 1947 she was accepted on to the fine art course at St Martin's, one of London's leading art schools. Between sessions in the painting studio and the life room,...
Although best-known for her cameo appearance in Peeping Tom, Michael Powell's classic 1959 film, Pamela Green, who has died aged 81, was the leading British pin-up of that period. For a generation of young men, her lithe figure, long blonde hair and photogenic features represented an unattainable ideal of feminine allure. Her role in Peeping Tom was the first appearance of a naked woman in a British feature film.
The only child of an English architect and his Dutch wife, Green spent her first decade in the Netherlands. On the eve of the second world war, she and her parents decamped to England. Always keen on painting and drawing, in 1947 she was accepted on to the fine art course at St Martin's, one of London's leading art schools. Between sessions in the painting studio and the life room,...
- 5/19/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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