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Eve Meyer
Eve Meyer (born Evelyn Eugene Turner; December 13, 1928 – March 27, 1977) was an American pin-up model, motion picture actress, and film producer. Much of her work was done in conjunction with sexploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. She was killed in the Tenerife airport disaster in 1977. History Born Eve Turner in Atlanta, Georgia, Turner was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s and was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1955. Her unbilled film debut was in ''Artists and Models'' (1955). She worked frequently as a photographic model for Russ Meyer after their marriage, appeared in the film ''Operation Dames'' (1959), and took a lead role in Meyer's 1960 exploitation film ''Eve and the Handyman''. Eve Meyer served as producer, or associate or executive producer, on Meyer's 1960s and early 1970s films, including ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' (1970). Death On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Meyer
Yves F. Meyer (; born 19 July 1939) is a French mathematician. He is among the progenitors of wavelet theory, having proposed the Meyer wavelet. Meyer was awarded the Abel Prize in 2017. Biography Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Yves Meyer studied at the Lycée Carnot in Tunis; he won the French General Student Competition (Concours Général) in Mathematics, and was placed first in the entrance examination for the École Normale Supérieure in 1957. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1966, under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Kahane. The Mexican historian Jean Meyer is his cousin. Yves Meyer taught at the Prytanée national militaire during his military service (1960–1963), then was a teaching assistant at the Université de Strasbourg (1963–1966), a professor at Université Paris-Sud (1966–1980), a professor at École Polytechnique (1980–1986), a professor at Université Paris-Dauphine (1985–1995), a senior researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It is part of the Air France–KLM group and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. Founded in 1919, KLM is the oldest operating airline in the world, and has 35,488 employees with a fleet of 110 (excluding subsidiaries) . KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 145 destinations. History Early years In 1919, a young aviator lieutenant named Albert Plesman sponsored the ELTA aviation exhibition in Amsterdam. Attendance at the exhibition was over half a million, and after it closed, several Dutch commercial interests intended to establish a Dutch airline, which Plesman was nominated to head. In September 1919, Queen Wilhelmina awarded the yet-to-be-founded KLM its "Royal" ("''Koninklijke''") pred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Minutes (film)
''The Seven Minutes'' is a 1971 American drama movie directed and produced by Russ Meyer. The movie was based on the 1969 The Seven Minutes, novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. Plot After a teenager, Jerry Griffith (John Sarno), who purchased the erotic novel ''The Seven Minutes'' is charged with rape, an eager prosecutor who is against pornography (and preparing for an upcoming election) uses the scandal to declare the book as obscene, sets up a sting operation where two detectives enter a bookstore and purchase a copy of the eponymous book, then the prosecutor brings charges against the bookstore for selling obscene material. The trial soon creates a heated debate about the issue of pornography vs. free speech. The young defense lawyer, Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder), must also solve the mystery of the novel's true author. In examining the history of the book, the defense attorney discovered it was written by J.J. Jadway, an American expatriate living in Europe. The book w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
''Cherry, Harry & Raquel!'' is a 1969 American action exploitation film produced and directed by American film director Russ Meyer. Following the success of ''Vixen!'' (1968), the film is notable for the first appearance of actor (and Meyer regular) Charles Napier playing Harry Thompson, a California border sheriff and marijuana smuggler who makes a reappearance in 1975's ''Supervixens''. Napier's nude scene with Larissa Ely, where they run in the desert, is the first instance of full frontal male nudity in a Meyer picture. The appearance of a penis in a movie in 1969 was still a novelty, and was reported on by the Associated Press after the movie was released and became a hit. Uschi Digard, who would also go on to make frequent appearances in Meyer's films, was cast as the naked muse of the Apache character. Shown in cut scenes usually wearing only an Apache headdress, this plot device was necessitated after the lead actress left the shoot early and there was 20 minutes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vixen!
''Vixen!'' is a 1968 American Drama (film and television), drama film and satire (film and television), satiric softcore pornography, softcore sexploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and starring Erica Gavin. It was the first film to be given an X rating for its Sex in film, sex scenes, and was a breakthrough success for Meyer. The film was developed from a script by Meyer and Anthony James Ryan. The film concerns the adventures of the oversexed Vixen (Gavin), as she sexually manipulates everyone she meets. The story's taboo-violations mount quickly, including themes of incest and racism. Plot At a Canada, Canadian wilderness resort, sultry and sexually assertive Vixen Palmer lives happily married with her husband Tom, a bush pilot and owner of a tourist lodge. The hypersexuality, hypersexual Vixen nevertheless seduces anyone within reach including a Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mountie, a couple her husband brings home as clients - the husband first, his wife later, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!
''Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!'' is a 1968 film by Russ Meyer. The story involves the goings-on at a topless go-go bar on the Sunset Strip. Meyer himself makes an appearance in this film. The composition Finlandia by Jean Sibelius is used in one of the film's love scenes. Plot Paul, the owner of a strip club bar on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, is taken home after being knocked out at a brothel, whose madam sends two thieves to Paul's club to rob the place while he is unconscious. When the star dancer at the bar quits, Paul's wife Kelly fills in for her. The bartender Ray then seduces her and takes her to his home, and the thieves Cal and Feeny begin working on cracking the safe. When Paul comes to and cannot find his wife at home, he goes to the club, where the thieves are engaged in their work. Paul manages to kill the two robbers after Claire has been killed and Ray seriously wounded. Cast *Anne Chapman as Kelly * Paul Lockwood as Paul * Gordon Wescourt as Ray *Duncan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning And
In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil and is of interest in the study of ethics, morality, philosophy, and religion. The specific meaning and etymology of the term and its associated translations among ancient and contemporary languages show substantial variation in its inflection and meaning, depending on circumstances of place and history, or of philosophical or religious context. History of Western ideas Every language has a word expressing ''good'' in the sense of "having the right or desirable quality" ( ἀρετή) and ''bad'' in the sense "undesirable". A sense of moral judgment and a distinction "right and wrong, good and bad" are cultural universals. Plato and Aristotle Although the history of the origin of the use of the concept and meaning of "good" are diverse, the notable discussions of Plato and Aristotle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Law Cabin
''Common Law Cabin'' (original title ''How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?'') is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran. Plot Dewey Hoople (Jack Moran) runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife Babette (Babette Bardot) and his daughter Coral (Adele Rein). Business is so bad that Hoople must pay a local alcoholic (Frank Bolger as "Cracker") to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there. Cast * Babette Bardot as Babette * Frank Bolger as Cracker * Alaina Capri as Sheila Ross * John Furlong as Dr. Martin Ross * Andrew Hagara as Laurence Talbot III * Jackie Moran as Dewey Hoople * Adele Rein as Coral Hoople * Ken Swofford as Barney Rickert Production It was co-written by Russ Meyer and Jack Moran, and filmed on location on the Colorado River in Arizona. Other portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondo Topless
''Mondo Topless'' is a 1966 pseudo-documentary directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Babette Bardot and Lorna Maitland among others. It was Meyer's first color film following a string of black and white " roughie nudies", including ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' While a straightforward sexploitation film, the film owes some debt to the French New Wave and cinéma vérité traditions, and is known to some under the titles ''Mondo Girls'' and ''Mondo Top''. Its tagline: "Two Much For One Man...Russ Meyer's Busty Buxotic Beauties ... Titilating ... Torrid ... Untopable ... Too Much For One Man!" The film was banned in Finland. Plot The film presents a snapshot of '60s San Francisco before shifting its focus to strippers. The strippers' lives are earnestly portrayed as they reveal the day-to-day realities of sex work, talk bra sizes, relate their preferences in men, all voiced over while dancing topless to a '60s instrumental rock soundtrack. Throughout a large portion of the film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorpsycho (film)
''Motorpsycho'' or ''Motor Psycho'' is a 1965 film by Russ Meyer. Made just before Meyer's better-known ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' (1965), the film explores similar themes of sex and violence, but focuses on a male motorcycle gang, unlike the female gang of go-go dancers featured in ''Faster, Pussycat!''. ''Motorpsycho'' is also notable for containing one of the first portrayals of a disturbed Vietnam veteran character in film. Plot The story involves a veterinarian whose wife is raped by a motorcycle gang led by a sadistic Vietnam veteran. After the gang kills an old man, his wife teams up with the veterinarian to hunt down the gang. Cast *Haji as Ruby Bonner * Alex Rocco as Cory Maddox *Stephen Oliver as Brahmin *Holle K. Winters as Gail Maddox *Joseph Cellini as Dante *Thomas Scott as Slick *Coleman Francis as Harry Bonner *Sharon Lee as Jessica Fannin *Steve Masters as Frank *Arshalouis Aivazian as Wife *E. E. Meyer as Sheriff *George Costello as Doctor Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' is a 1965 American exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Jack Moran. It follows three go-go dancers who embark on a spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The film is known for its violence, provocative gender roles, and eminently quotable "dialogue to shame Raymond Chandler". It is also remembered for the performance of star Tura Satana, whose character Richard Corliss called "the most honest, maybe the one honest, portrayal in the Meyer canon". ''Faster, Pussycat!'' was a commercial and critical failure upon its initial release, but it has since become widely regarded as an important and influential film. Plot Three wild, uninhibited go-go dancers — Billie, Rosie, and Varla — dance at a club before racing their sports cars across the California desert. They play a high-speed game of chicken on the salt flats and encounter a young couple, Tommy and Linda, out to run a time trial. After breakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudhoney (film)
''Mudhoney'' (sometimes ''Mud Honey'') is a 1965 Southern Gothic film directed by Russ Meyer. It is based on the novel ''Streets Paved With Gold'' by Raymond Friday Locke. The film is a period drama set during the Great Depression. "I got in a little bit over my head," Meyer said about the film. "That's when I thought I was Erskine Caldwell, John Steinbeck and George Stevens all in one." The film became the inspiration for the name of pioneering Seattle grunge band Mudhoney, formed in 1988. American singer-songwriter Norah Jones' album cover for '' Little Broken Hearts'' was based upon a poster for the film. Plot In this Depression-era tale, Calef McKinney ( John Furlong) is traveling from Michigan to California and stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute Wade ( Stuart Lancaster) hires him for odd jobs. McKinney gets involved with Wade's niece, Hannah Brenshaw ( Antoinette Christiani). But she is married to Sidney (Hal Hopper), a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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