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'''Lorna''' is a [[1964]] film directed by [[Russ Meyer]].<ref>Infobox data from {{cite book|last=Frasier|first=David K.|year=1998|title=Russ Meyer : The Life and Films : A Biography and A Comprehensive, Illustrated, and Annotated Filmography and Bibliography|publisher=McFarland & Co|location=Jefferson, N.C.|id=ISBN 0-7864-0472-8|pages=p. 204}}</ref> After ''[[The Immoral Mr. Teas]]'' ([[1959]]), ''Lorna'' was the second breakthrough film of Meyer's career, ushering in a new period in his filmmaking style.<ref>Frasier (1998), p. 4.</ref> Film scholars consider ''Lorna'' to be the first "roughie",<ref>Frasier (1998), p. 7.</ref> the genre of American film which took over the sexploitation market from the "nudie cuties" in the mid- to late- 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moledski|first=Tania|year=2007|editor=Jeffrey Sconce|title=Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics|chapter=Women's Cinema as Counterphobic Cinema: Doris Wishman as the Last Auteur|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham and London|id=ISBN 0-7864-0472-8|pages=p. 49}}</ref> Shot mainly on the small main street that runs through the town of Locke, California in September 1963, this was Meyer's first film in 35 mm. It was Meyer's first film to employ a dramatic storyline, the most expensive film he had filmed to date, and the first of three films Meyer filmed with [[Lorna Maitland]]. Though the film was prosecuted for obscenity in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Florida, it became a major success at drive-ins, downtown theaters, and even made appearances at art-house cinemas. Author and director William Rotsler said of this film, "with ''Lorna'' Meyer established the formula that made him rich and famous, the formula of people filmed at top hate, top lust, top heavy."<ref>*{{cite book|author= McDonough, Jimmy|year=2005|title=Big bosoms and square jaws : the biography of Russ Meyer, king of the sex film|publisher=Jonathan Cape|location=London|isbn=0-224-07250-1}}, p.138</ref> | |||
== Plot == | |||
The publicity to ''Lorna'' exclaimed: "Without artistic surrender, without compromise, without question or apology, an important motion picture was produced: LORNA-- a woman too much for one man." | |||
One of Meyer's early, rural gothic films, the story involves Lorna, an unsatisfied young wife married to Jim, a worker at a salt mine who spends his evenings studying to become a CPA. When Lorna is raped by an escaped convict, her frustrated sexuality is awakened. She begins inviting the stranger to her home while Jim works. After being teased by his co-workers at the salt mine, Jim returns home and discovers Lorna's unfaithfulness. | |||
==Cast== | |||
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* [[Lorna Maitland]] ... Lorna<ref>{{cite book |last=Krafsur|first=Richard P.|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures; Feature Films 1961-70|year=1976|publisher=R.R. Bowker Company|location=New York & London|isbn=0-8352-0440-5|chapter=Lorna|page=p.630}}</ref> | |||
* Mark Bradley ... fugitive | |||
* James Rucker ... James | |||
* Hal Hopper ... Luther | |||
* Doc Scortt ... Jonah | |||
* James Griffith ... prophet / narrator | |||
* [[Althea Currier]] | |||
* F. Rufus Owens | |||
* Franklin H. Bolger | |||
* Ken Parker | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{ | * {{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:70483|title=Lorna (plot synopsis)|accessdate=August 9, 2008|last=Beldin|first=Fred|publisher=All Movie Guide|language=English}} | ||
* {{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:70483~T1|title=Lorna (review)|accessdate=August 9, 2008|last=Beldin|first=Fred|publisher=All Movie Guide|language=English}} | |||
* {{wikipedia}} | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Russ Meyer films]] | [[Category:Russ Meyer films]] | ||
[[Category:Films]] | [[Category:Films]] | ||
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| Type: | Film Black and white
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| Alternate title(s): | Lorna, l'incarnation du désir (France) Lorna - Zuviel für einen Mann (Germany) |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date(s): | September 11, 1964 |
| Running time: | 79 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $37,000 |
| Company: | Eve Productions, Inc. |
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| Directed by: | Russ Meyer |
| Starring: | Lorna Maitland |
| Produced by: | Russ Meyer |
| Written by: | Russ Meyer James Griffith |
| Music by: | Hal Hopper James Griffith |
| Cinematography: | Russ Meyer |
| Editing by: | Russ Meyer |
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Lorna is a 1964 film directed by Russ Meyer.[1] After The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959), Lorna was the second breakthrough film of Meyer's career, ushering in a new period in his filmmaking style.[2] Film scholars consider Lorna to be the first "roughie",[3] the genre of American film which took over the sexploitation market from the "nudie cuties" in the mid- to late- 1960s.[4] Shot mainly on the small main street that runs through the town of Locke, California in September 1963, this was Meyer's first film in 35 mm. It was Meyer's first film to employ a dramatic storyline, the most expensive film he had filmed to date, and the first of three films Meyer filmed with Lorna Maitland. Though the film was prosecuted for obscenity in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Florida, it became a major success at drive-ins, downtown theaters, and even made appearances at art-house cinemas. Author and director William Rotsler said of this film, "with Lorna Meyer established the formula that made him rich and famous, the formula of people filmed at top hate, top lust, top heavy."[5]
Plot
The publicity to Lorna exclaimed: "Without artistic surrender, without compromise, without question or apology, an important motion picture was produced: LORNA-- a woman too much for one man."
One of Meyer's early, rural gothic films, the story involves Lorna, an unsatisfied young wife married to Jim, a worker at a salt mine who spends his evenings studying to become a CPA. When Lorna is raped by an escaped convict, her frustrated sexuality is awakened. She begins inviting the stranger to her home while Jim works. After being teased by his co-workers at the salt mine, Jim returns home and discovers Lorna's unfaithfulness.
Cast
- Lorna Maitland ... Lorna[6]
- Mark Bradley ... fugitive
- James Rucker ... James
- Hal Hopper ... Luther
- Doc Scortt ... Jonah
- James Griffith ... prophet / narrator
- Althea Currier
- F. Rufus Owens
- Franklin H. Bolger
- Ken Parker
External links
- Beldin, Fred. Lorna (plot synopsis) (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on August 9, 2008.
- Beldin, Fred. Lorna (review) (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on August 9, 2008.
- Lorna (film) article on
Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Infobox data from Frasier, David K. (1998). Russ Meyer : The Life and Films : A Biography and A Comprehensive, Illustrated, and Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, p. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0472-8.
- ↑ Frasier (1998), p. 4.
- ↑ Frasier (1998), p. 7.
- ↑ Moledski, Tania (2007). "Women's Cinema as Counterphobic Cinema: Doris Wishman as the Last Auteur", in Jeffrey Sconce: Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics. Durham and London: Duke University Press, p. 49. ISBN 0-7864-0472-8.
- ↑ *McDonough, Jimmy (2005). Big bosoms and square jaws : the biography of Russ Meyer, king of the sex film. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-07250-1. , p.138
- ↑ Krafsur, Richard P. (1976). "Lorna", The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures; Feature Films 1961-70. New York & London: R.R. Bowker Company. ISBN 0-8352-0440-5.
