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Stephanie Rothman
Stephanie Rothman (born November 9, 1936) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s, especially ''The Student Nurses'' (1970) and ''Terminal Island (film), Terminal Island'' (1974). Biography Early life Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Rothman was raised in Los Angeles after her family relocated there in 1945. She studied sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles for two years before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. She says she became interested in filmmaking after seeing ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), "what is still my favorite film of all time... I didn't, at that point, know how to become a filmmaker. I didn't even think it was possible. When I saw it I thought to myself, 'This is what I would like to do. I would like to make a film like this.' Highly thoughtful, European-like, [laughs] small films. I wanted to be a writer-director." Roger Corman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. As of the 2020 United States census, Paterson was List of municipalities in New Jersey, the state's third-most-populous municipality,Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hill
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the exploitation genre. He was an early associate of Francis Ford Coppola and Roger Corman, and worked on many films distributed by American International Pictures (AIP) during the 1960s and 1970s. Hill's directorial works include '' Spider Baby'' (1967), ''Pit Stop'' (1969), '' The Big Doll House'' (1971), '' Coffy'' (1973), ''Foxy Brown'' (1974), and '' Switchblade Sisters'' (1975). Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works. He is also credited with helping cultivate the careers of actors Pam Grier, Sid Haig, and Ellen Burstyn. Quentin Tarantino described him as “the Howard Hawks of exploitation filmmaking”. Early life Hill was born January 28, 1933, in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Mildred (née Pannill, b. February 1, 1907; death date n.a.), was a music teacher. His father, Roland Everett Hill (February 5, 1895 – November 10, 1986),Stone (1995), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starhops
''Starhops'' is 1977 exploitation comedy film directed by Barbara Peeters, based on a script by Stephanie Rothman, writing under a pseudonym, and was edited by future Oscar winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian. Three carhops team up to save their cash-strapped Venice Beach drive-in restaurant from the clutches of a greedy oil baron who wants the land it sits on. Plot Three girls - Danielle, Cupcake and Angel - work at a drive in restaurant in Venice owned by Jerry who is financially struggling. Jerry decides to quit and sells the restaurant to the three girls. Cast *Dorothy Buhrman as Danielle *Sterling Frazier as Cupcake * Jillian Kesner as Angel *Anthony Mannino as Kong *Paul Ryan as Norman *Al Hobson as Carter Axe *Dick Miller as Jerry *Peter Liapis as Ron Production Rothman originally wrote the script, then entitled ''Carhops'', while she was at Dimension Pictures. She took it with her when she left Dimension in 1975 and sold it to some producers, with whom she signed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Franju
Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Biography Early life Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for an insurance company and a noodle factory. He served briefly in the military in Algeria and was discharged in 1932. Upon his return, he studied to become a set designer and later created backdrops for music halls including Casino de Paris and the Folies Bergère. In the mid-thirties, Franju and Henri Langlois met through Franju's twin brother Jacques Franju.Ince, 2005. p.2 As well as creating the 16 mm short film ''Le Métro'', Langlois and Franju also started a short-lived film magazine and created a film club called ''Le Cercle du Cinema'' with 500 francs he borrowed from Langlois' parents. The club showed silent films from their own collections followed by an informal debate about them amongst members. From ''Le Cercle du Cinema'', Franj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-century and hugely influential on the surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer (United States), ''National Observer'' suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man". He is best known for his novels (1923), (1928), and (1929); the stage plays (1930), (1934), (1938), (1941), and (1946); and the films ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1930), (1948), ''Beauty and the Beast (1946 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1946), ''Orpheus (film), Orpheus'' (1950), and ''Testament of Orpheus'' (1960), which alongside ''Blood of a Poet'' and ''Orpheus'' constitute the so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of [the] avant-gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter of more than 200 low- to medium-quality feature films in many genres, including Horror film, horror, science fiction, action film, action/adventure film, adventure, erotic thrillers, crime dramas, and holiday films. Ray is the head of Retromedia, which releases DVDs of both his own productions and archival films. He has also worked for other well-known independent studios and on a few occasions for major Hollywood studios. He has been cited as an inspiration for many independent filmmakers. He loaned a 16mm camera to Quentin Tarantino so he could make ''My Best Friend's Birthday''. Aside from his work in the film industry, Ray was also a professional wrestler. His wrestling name was ''Fabulous Freddie Valentine''. Early life Ray was born September 10, 1954, in Wellston, Ohio, to a family originally from West Virginia. As a teenager, he regularly read ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Atlantis (film)
''Beyond Atlantis'' is a 1973 American-Filipino science fiction horror film directed by Eddie Romero, written by Charles Johnson, based on a story by Stephanie Rothman, and starring Patrick Wayne and John Ashley. The film was described by cult filmmaker David DeCoteau as "one of the very few family-oriented B movies to come out of the Philippines"; this was due to star Wayne's insistence that the film be accessible to families.Fred Olen Ray, ''The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors'', McFarland, 1991, p 153-154 Plot A man brings a woman named Syrene ( Leigh Christian) to an island, and she pays him with some pearls. The inhabitants of the island appear to be inbred, with oversized eyes, and they kill any intruders that they find. Back on the mainland, the fisherman Manuel the Barracuda ( Vic Díaz) pays East Eddie (Sid Haig), who runs the piers, with some pearls. Eddie shows them to Logan (Ashley), a local hustler, and they decide to find the source of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Working Girls
''The Working Girls'' is a 1974 sexploitation film written and directed by Stephanie Rothman and starring Sarah Kennedy, Laurie Rose and Cassandra Peterson. It is about three women sharing an apartment in Los Angeles - Honey, Jill and Denise - who are all endangered by the men in their lives. The film was Rothman's last as a director. She and her husband, Charles Swartz, left Dimension Pictures after making it and she was unable to find other directing work. The film has attracted academic interest because of its feminist themes. Rothman said "I think it’s my most mature work. It was my last and I think it’s my most mature." Plot A blonde, Honey, has a degree in math. She arrives in Los Angeles, determined to find a job and is sexually harassed by a diner owner. She comes across a "room vacant" sign near an apartment rented by sign painter Denise, who offers to put up Honey until she can pay rent. Denise introduces Honey to Roger, who does nude modelling for Denise. Denise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Marriage
''Group Marriage'' is a 1972 sex comedy film directed by Stephanie Rothman. It was the first film she made for Dimension Pictures, a company in which she was a minor shareholder with her husband Charles Swartz along with Larry Woolner. Plot Chris who works at a car rental store alongside her friend Judy, squabbles with boyfriend Sandor, who writes bumper sticker slogans. Chris meets parole officer Dennis when both try to get into the same car and she and Sandor give him a lift. Dennis winds up refereeing an argument between Sandor and Chris, which results in Chris accidentally hitting Dennis. They invite Dennis to spend the night at their place; during the evening, Chris gets into bed with Dennis and sleeps with him. Sandor discovers Dennis in bed with Chris. Chris says she still loves Sandor but likes Dennis too. Sandor is originally annoyed but eventually calms down. In the interest of fairness, Dennis invites Chris and Sandor to dinner with his ex-girlfriend Jan, an ex-steward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimension Pictures (1970s Company)
Dimension Pictures Incorporated (DPI) was an American film studio founded in 1971, which primarily released exploitation and horror films. The studio underwent liquidation in 1981, after which many of its films were acquired by 21st Century Film Corporation. History Dimension was founded by Lawrence Woolner, an exhibitor who had made a number of films, including several with Roger Corman. He hired the husband and wife team of Stephanie Rothman and Charles S. Swartz to run the filmmaking division. Funds came from Sam Pulitzer, head of the Wembley Neckware Company who wanted to invest in movies. Rothman and Swartz left in 1975. She says that Pulitzer pulled out of the company by then and Wolmer did not want to renew his contract with the filmmakers. Rothman: That was just as well, in our opinion, because we could see that, the way he was managing the company, it wasn’t likely to be very successful, and that what was happening is that a few pictures made money and the rest di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Velvet Vampire
''The Velvet Vampire'', also known as ''Cemetery Girls'', is a 1971 American vampire film directed by Stephanie Rothman. It stars Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles, Gene Shane, Jerry Daniels, Sandy Ward, and Paul Prokop. It has been cited as a cult film. Plot Lee and his wife Susan accept an invitation from a mysterious woman, Diane, to visit her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is a vampire, tensions arise as the couple realize that they are both Diane's objects of seduction. Cast * Celeste Yarnall as Diane LeFanu * Michael Blodgett as Lee Ritter * Sherry Miles as Susan Ritter * Gene Shane as Carl Stoker * Jerry Daniels as Juan * Sandy Ward as Amos * Paul Prokop as Cliff * Chris Woodley as Cliff's Girl * Robert Tessier as The Biker * Johnny Shines as The Bluesman Production The film was Stephanie Rothman's follow-up to her 1970 hit '' The Student Nurses''. She and her husband Charles Swartz had written a script, '' The Student Teachers'', but prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Doll House
''The Big Doll House'' is a 1971 American women-in-prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates through daily life in a gritty, unidentified tropical prison. Later the same year, the film '' Women in Cages'' featured a similar story and setting and much the same cast, and was shot in the same abandoned prison buildings. A nonsequel follow-up, titled '' The Big Bird Cage'', was released in 1972. Plot Collier (Brown) enters prison, having been found guilty of killing her husband. She is introduced to the beautiful occupants of her cell, doing time for crimes ranging from political insurgency to heroin addiction. The women often clash, which leads to their torture by sadistic guard Lucian (Kathryn Loder). The torture ceremonies are viewed by an impassive cloaked figure. Collier's cellmates Alcott and Bodine (Collins and Woodell) plan to escape. Collier and another cellmate Ferina (Gina Stuart) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
