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The French Peep Show, the 1952 Russ Meyer sexploitation burlesque stripper documentary short ("Rich Royal Racy!"; "It's Daring! It's Spicy!"; "1st time on any screen in Blazing Natural Color"; "Girls Girls Girls"; shot in Oakland, California at the El Rey Burlesk Theater; it is a filming of the strippers at the club performing, and introduced by real life club manager Pete DeCenzie) featuring Terry Lane (billed as "Torrid Terry Lane"), Suzy, Tangerine, Shalimar, Marie Voe, Lilly LaMont, Roberta, Tempest Storm, "and the El Rey Girls". Everyone agrees that this is Russ Meyer's very first movie (including Russ Meyer!). Meyers, who was working at Gene Walker Films making industrial shorts, would also go to the El Rey Burlesk Theater in Oakland and take pictures of the strippers (and apparently sell them as a sideline "after hours" business). Their top star was Tempest Storm, and Meyer got the idea of shooting a roll of film of her doing her act. He did so, and when he showed the manager of the theater, Pete DeCenzie, the result, DeCenzie got the idea to make a film showing all of the strippers, and releasing it commercially. It was originally unclear whether the film itself was made in 1949 as many online sources mention, or in the next two years, but now that we've auctioned a program book that proves that the movie was first released in 1952, because the program book clearly states that the club did not open until December 1951, and that this movie was filmed there (some say it was a short, but others say it was an hour, and given all the credited strippers, it seems it likely lasted the hour). Meyer was billed as "Direction and Photography by" and DeCenzie was the producer, and appeared in the film along with all the strippers, including Tempest Storm. Sadly, the film is believed to be completely lost, and it seems certain that Russ Meyer's estate does not have one, and it would be remarkable if an example of it would turn up. Until August 2016, we had never auctioned anything from this movie which proves how rare French Peep Show promotional items are!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only once before auctioned ANY movie paper from this movie, which was Russ Meyer's very first movie (see above)! That poster was a two-color one-sheet that was undated and sold for $791. Now we have been consigned this window card, which has a wonderful full-color image, and the date on the top (Saturday, June 27) correlates to 1953. This window card likely was printed in 1952 when the movie was first released, and was still being used the next year (although there is a possibility it is from a 1953 re-release of the 1952 movie, and the "added attraction" advertised on the card, "Wolf Bait", was from 1953, and Tempest Storm was in that as well). In any event, this is an extremely rare window card. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning, and it is only the second item ever we have auctioned from Russ Meyer's first movie with Tempest Storm! Note also that this window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded.

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