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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 06/27/2006

So bad it's good, the notorious Gwendoline is one of those outrageously entertaining camp classics that will be enjoyed long after thousands of "better" movies have faded into obscurity. Loosely adapted from John Willie's pioneering 1940s comic strip "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline," and directed with good-natured humor by French softcore specialist Just Jaekin (Emmanuelle, The Story of O), this delirious dose of mainstream erotica plays like a sexy parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Romancing the Stone. In his own audacious fashion, Jaekin was attempting an ambitious, good-looking adventure with above-average production values, but Gwendoline owes its "bad movie" cult status to its cheesy combination of globe-hopping scenery, tacky sets, hopelessly wretched dialogue, laughably awful acting, and a constant parade of beautiful women, either half-naked or scantily clad in outrageous S&M costumes. The film is also notorious for being the screen debut of Tawny Kitaen (shortly before she appeared with Tom Hanks Bachelor Party), who brings a breathtaking lack of talent (and a very hot body) to her title role as Gwendoline, a scrappy stowaway who arrives in China on a quest to find her missing father, who'd ventured into remote jungles in search of a rare and beautiful butterfly. Joined by hunky mercenary Willard (Brent Huff) and her loopy friend Beth (played by French model/actress Zabou), Gwendoline survives a variety of absurdly amusing obstacles (including one very phony-looking alligator) until they eventually reach the land of the Yik Yak, an Amazonian slave-culture consisting entirely of slim, sexy women! Through it all, Jaekin's image of women is a source of constant fascination: When they're not kicking ass or running around topless, Kitaen and Zabou act like helpless, virginal airheads who need a man to survive, and Gwendoline plays out like an adolescent wet dream. With a climactic chariot chase that must be seen to be believed, it's all so ridiculous that you can't help but be entertained, and Jaekin's 106-minute, French-language director's cut contains several action scenes that were cut for the film's English-dubbed 88-minute American version, released (and available separately) as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak. --Jeff Shannon On the DVD Jaekin's original cut has been spectacularly restored for this Severin Films DVD release, with both French and English audio tracks and a delightful commentary by Jaekin with journalist/author Tony Crawley and Frederick Levier, former contributor to Starfix, a French magazine devoted to fantastic films; their unabashed enthusiasm for the film makes this commentary an unexpected treat. Also included: a 24-minute video interview with Jaekin, in which he discusses the production history of Gwendoline; a 10-photo gallery of Tawny Kitaen from the French softcore magazine Lui; and a fascinating vintage audio interview with Sweet Gwendoline creator John Willie, from the archives of sex-research pioneer Dr. Alfred Kinsey. Kudos to Severin Films for including these high-quality bonus features with a film that many consider one of the "worst" of the 1980s! One caveat, however: Why not include the American cut Perils of Gwendoline on a second disc, instead of as a separate DVD release? --Jeff Shannon

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• Video vixen Tawny Kitaen made her movie debut as the virgin adventuress on a provocative odyssey to find her lost father. But even if she can endure the scorching torment of the desert and steamy hungers of the jungle, will she survive her final ordeal at the hands and more of the warrior women of Yik Yak? Brent Huff and French sex kitten Zabou co-star in this erotic cultic directed by Just Jaecki

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This notorious Canadian sexploitation cult classic is one of the most sick and sadistic features ever released to a general audience, and the only film that producer David F. Friedman, the king of sleaze himself, was so ashamed of that he removed his name from it. Statuesque, buxom blonde Dyanne Thorne is Ilsa, the ruthless commandant of a Nazi medical camp who subjects her patients (mostly naked women) through the most painful and brutal tortures she can think of to prove the superiority of the female sex to Nazi high command. At night she goes through the male prisoners like boy toys to be discarded and castrated the next day ("Once a prisoner has slept with me, he'll never sleep with another woman!"), until she meets a man she can't conquer in bed. It proves to be her downfall. Vamping it up with a corny German growl, Thorne leers with gargoylish delight at her latest diabolical tortures: grotesque, gangrenous infections, exploding sex toys, boiling alive, and a dinner centerpiece involving a naked girl, a noose, and a melting block of ice that leaves her dangling by meal's end. Directed with an artless bluntness and a cold cynicism, it's a brutal, nasty film, utterly tasteless yet perversely fascinating. It was reportedly shot in a week on sets left over from the sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and proved so successful that it spawned two official and one unofficial sequels. Anchor Bay's restored print is letterboxed and reportedly restored. The DVD edition also features commentary by Thorne, producer Friedman, and director Don Edmunds, moderated by humorist Martin Lewis. --Sean Axmaker

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This compilation of fashion and design films is filled with spectacular footage of vintage fashion shows, interviews, advertisements, promotional, high fashion, western wear, dresses, fabrics, and so much more. Table Of Contents: (1) Union Square Fashion Show (Newsreel) (1950) - A wonderful short newsreel covering an outdoor fashion show - 1 Minutes (2) Modes Of The Moment (1917) - A silent fashion advertisement from the early days - 3 Minutes (3) Story Of A Star (1956) - Tells the story of the development of a new stretch material for women's stockings - 8 Minutes (4) Western Fashions (1940s) - Short show piece with excellent footage of vintage Western American fashion - 1 Minute (5) Fashion Favorites (1940) - This is a Dupont promotional video, similar the modern day BASF commercial, in that they both promote how they make the world a better place. In this film Dupont explains there contributions in the development of fabrics which have led to new fashions and better lifestyles - 31 Minutes (6) Fitting Faces (1940) - Fun eye glass fashion film in which a woman discovers how nice glasses can make you feel good - 8 Minutes (7) Hair Dress (1950) - Amusing that journeys through time and how hair styles have changed over the past centuries - 10 Minutes (8) Pattern for Smartness (1948) - This film encourages people to make their own clothes and follows a girl as she designs her own dresses and puts on a fashion show - 19 Minutes (9) Fashion Horizons (1940) - An interesting fashion and travelogue film that shows some beautiful women and their clothes as they vacation - 19 Minutes (10) Aristocrats of Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1940s) - Bemberg, producers of Rayon, sponsored this film about the elegance and fine stylings of rayon clothing - 7 Minutes (11) Harpers Bazaar Talks Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1970's) - Interviews with famous fashion designers including Geoffrey Beene, Betsey Johnson, Bill Blass, & Anne Klein - 10 Minutes

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• Table Of Contents:
• (1) Union Square Fashion Show (Newsreel) (1950) - 1 Minutes (2) Modes Of The Moment (1917) - 3 Minutes
• (3) Story Of A Star (1956) - 8 Minutes (4) Western Fashions (1940s) - 1 Minute (5) Fashion Favorites (1940) - 31 Minutes
• Minutes (6) Fitting Faces (1940) - 8 Minutes (7) Hair Dress (1950) - 10 Minutes (8) Pattern for Smartness (1948) - 19 Minutes
• (9) Fashion Horizons (1940) - 19 Minutes (10) Aristocrats of Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1940s) - 7 Minutes (11) Harpers Bazaar Talks Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1970's) - 10 Minutes

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The second volume of Street Walker Blues contains 14 more vintage Blues songs about prostitution, presented in a beautifully digitally remastered state. Featuring such renowned artists as Bessie Smith, Lucille Bogan, Lonnie Johnson, Ma Rainey, Jimmy Rushing, Irene Scruggs, Clara Smith, and many other legendary acts, this compilation is sure to be greatly enjoyed by any fan of Pre-War Jazz or Blues.

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Vintage World Nº 18 - EPs Collectors "Hawaii Guitar And Vocals" by Roland Peachey And His Royal HawaiansThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Museum quality Wall Sticker by Emerald Honeybee. From the collection of nearly 6,000 photochrom (photochrome) prints from the Detroit Publishing Company collection of the Library of Congress. Emerald Honeybee offers only the BEST in quality. Our Wall Stickers are printed by a Professional Graphics Company using a MIMAKI Eco-Solvent Printer and archival inks. (Which means your poster is UV protected and will not fade over time). Shipped rolled in a tube. When ordering a photochrom reprint it is important to understand what you will receive. While the image is in color and is quite beautiful, it is not comparable in tone, image quality, and resolution to modern color photography. Photochroms were made by adding colors to a black and white image by using multiple colored lithographic stones. The color range is limited in each print to a handful of actual colors, but the color depth appears deeper in many prints than it actually is. The original final photochrom print was created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. Description of this Poster is as follows: Roland's Hospital, Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany wall sized poster (photochrom) photochrome measured in inches

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• High Definition 1080 dpi Priint by a professional company using archival inks
• Wall Sticker Designed for temporary applications on painted dry walls
• Low tack adhesive will not damange surfaces, Can be removed and applied several times
• 7-year outdoor durability (Not recommended for painted cinder blocks)
• Non-tear, low tack adhesive fabric media with gloss finish

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Museum quality Wall Sticker by Emerald Honeybee. From the collection of nearly 6,000 photochrom (photochrome) prints from the Detroit Publishing Company collection of the Library of Congress. Emerald Honeybee offers only the BEST in quality. Our Wall Stickers are printed by a Professional Graphics Company using a MIMAKI Eco-Solvent Printer and archival inks. (Which means your poster is UV protected and will not fade over time). Shipped rolled in a tube. When ordering a photochrom reprint it is important to understand what you will receive. While the image is in color and is quite beautiful, it is not comparable in tone, image quality, and resolution to modern color photography. Photochroms were made by adding colors to a black and white image by using multiple colored lithographic stones. The color range is limited in each print to a handful of actual colors, but the color depth appears deeper in many prints than it actually is. The original final photochrom print was created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. Description of this Poster is as follows: Roland's Monument, Bremen, Germany wall sized poster (photochrom) photochrome measured in inches

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• High Definition 1080 dpi Priint by a professional company using archival inks
• Wall Sticker Designed for temporary applications on painted dry walls
• Low tack adhesive will not damange surfaces, Can be removed and applied several times
• 7-year outdoor durability (Not recommended for painted cinder blocks)
• Non-tear, low tack adhesive fabric media with gloss finish

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RSD HANDLEBAR SS APE BLK SLOT 0173-1828-BP

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