The Immoral Mr. Teas

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The Immoral Mr. Teas
Technical
Type:	Film  Color
Alternate title(s):	Steam Heat Mr. Teas and His Playthings (Great Britain) L'Immoral M. Teas (Canada & Belgium)
Country:	USA
Release date(s):	1959
Running time:	63 minutes
Language:	English
Budget:	$24,000
Company:	PAD-RAM Enterprises, Inc.
Staff
Directed by:	Russ Meyer
Starring:	Marilyn Wesley Ann Peters Michele Roberts Dawn Danielle June Wilkinson (uncredited - torso only)
Written by:	Russ Meyer
Music by:	Edward J. Lasko
Cinematography:	Russ Meyer
Editing by:	Russ Meyer John F. Link
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The Immoral Mr. Teas is a 1959 film directed by Russ Meyer.^[1] The first of Meyer's three breakthrough films, which created new genres and indirectly influenced the mainstream cinema, The Immoral Mr. Teas was the first "nudie-cutie" and Meyer's first commercially successful film.^[2]

Contents 1 Background 2 A breakthrough 3 A typical scene 4 Cast 5 Contemporary reception 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Background

Before this film was released, the only moving pictures exhibiting extensive nudity were either underground (covertly produced and distributed) pornographic films, typically distributed "under the counter" in 16 mm black and white movies, or naturist pictures, openly displayed in specialized movie theaters, usually under the cover of exhibiting the fun and freedom of nudism in naturist reserves (nudist camps).

[edit] A breakthrough

The Immoral Mr. Teas was the first American "above ground" movie since the pre-Code early sound era to show female nudity without the pretext of naturism. It is considered to be the first commercially viable American "skin flick" and popularized the nudie cutie genre.

The movie consists of a series of short scenes. In a sense, no one is actually naked; the only nudity seen is through the viewpoint and vivid imagination of Mr. Teas. Mr. Teas' mental constructions extend beyond the nudity (always exclusively of female characters)—there is an underlying surrealism in Mr. Teas' imagination that results in a number of genuinely bizarre situations.

[edit] A typical scene

Mr. Teas attends an appointment with his dentist, who must perform an extraction of a molar. Naturally, the dentist has an assistant—a stunningly beautiful and not-quite modestly dressed assistant. The application of analgesics appropriate to the procedure quickly releases Mr. Teas' fertile imagination, and we see the scene through this viewpoint. Rather than the typical equipment–cluttered dental office we are on a set—only a dentist, a dental chair, Mr. Teas, and the assistant are present—against a stark and simple background. Only now the assistant is completely nude. As the procedure is completed the dentist removes the molar from Mr. Teas' mouth—but rather than only a small object in the extraction pliers the molar has the appearance of a single large staghorn (deer antler) with a number of points. The body of the "molar" is white, while each tip (representing the roots of the molar) is colored a bloody red. Mr. Teas has paid a price for his lustful imagination.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Contemporary reception

The Immoral Mr. Teas was not well-received by mainstream critics, and had to undergo charges of obscenity. In deeming the film non-pornographic, a Philadelphia judge still pointed out that The Immoral Mr. Teas was "vulgar, pointless, and in bad taste."^[3] Charles Stinson, of the Los Angeles Times, wrote that the film "has much the same subtle, urbane wit to be found in any one of our undergraduate humor magazines."^[4]

[edit] External links

• Deming, Mark. The Immoral Mr. Teas (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on August 9, 2008.

[edit] References