Bettie Page Reveals All Page #10

and I steered her around

to the book section,

and there on an end cap

of an aisle of books

was a display of nothing

but Bettie Page books,

and she just stood

there in amazement.

She gets so tickled when

she sees some new book

with her picture on it or some...

whatever product it is,

even if she's not getting

any money for it.

Dave knew that Bettie had

been Miss January 1955,

and he knew that Hef had

never met Bettie Page

and suggested that they meet.

And he invited me to

dinner at his home,

the most beautiful home I've

ever been in in my life.

Looks like a big castle

up in Beverly Hills.

So usually at the Playboy Mansion,

everyone has cameras,

everything is being recorded.

But on this night, because

of Bettie being so private,

so discreet, no cameras.

I liked Mr. Hefner.

He was a very nice,

down to earth fella.

And he greeted us,

Dave Stevens and I,

in his pajamas, now,

a smoking jacket

and his purple, satin pajamas.

And Hef had arranged for a loan of

a 35mm print of "The Rocketeer",

which was Dave Stevens'

creation, from Disney.

And Bettie had never seen the film.

She wanted to see this

film that was an homage

to her, inspired by her.

You're a sweet little headache

But you are lots of fun

I've a good mind to spank you...

There was an unauthorized film

made in 2005 called "The

Notorious Bettie Page".

This is quite an elegant knot,

because the more the subject pulls

the tighter the knot becomes.

She didn't like the word

"Notorious" in the title.

And do you approve?

I believe in Jesus.

Well, of course you do, my dear.

Of course you do.

But all of a sudden,

here's what you heard

from the back of the

screening room.

"Lies, lies, lies!

L-I-E-S, lies!

Why don't you tell the truth?"

When she resurfaced

here in California,

she was not being properly

represented by anybody,

and a lot of people were exploiting

her and taking advantage of her.

And I was able to put her in the hands

of more appropriate business people,

legal people,

so that she had the right

kind of representation

and somebody to look after

her and take care of her.

And we've been very

close ever since.

And I had a call from

Mr. Hefner, who asked me

if I would help out a friend of his

and try to see that

anything that was done

with Bettie's name and likeness

ultimately had her approval on it

and of course she would receive

some type of compensation for it.

I made more money in

very recent years

than I ever made during the seven years

I was modeling back in the '50s.

Bettie was able to enjoy life more

because of what she could do

in the later part of her life.

I think she had an

incredible charm.

She had an incredible aura,

or how you say it, charisma.

And I think a lot of

models learned from her.

There's nothing

intimidating about Bettie.

Women can appreciate her,

men can appreciate her.

Most of them, you don't really

remember the the person,

but her, you know, you say,

"Oh yeah, that's Bettie Page."

She's also has had the

keen sense of timing

to know exactly when not

to appear, which is hard.

Go ahead, Bettie.

Hello every one of you.

Hi, Bettie.

Thank you very much.

Gee, sounds like a big mob.

It is a big mob.

Bettie, you have thrown the coolest

opening in SoHo that I've seen.

I hope you like my book,

I'm very pleased with it.

And we're just all super fans of

yours, and we all wanted to say

congratulations, and three

cheers to Bettie Page.

When I realized it was really big

is when I got the first Bettie Scouts

of America fan letter from China.

I mean, it's literally

all over the world.

New Zealand, Australia,

all over Europe.

She's very very popular in Japan.

Very popular in England,

France and Germany.

Always I had been

inspired by Bettie Page,

and then the pinups from the

'50s and Bettie is the one,

the most extreme and

most special one.

Bettie Page was way

ahead of her time...

She influenced

[Theiry mugler, gauliter].

I mean, she did it with humor,

and I'll always work on my

design in lingerie with humor.

I mean, it has to be sexy,

but it must have a

small part of humor.

Bettie Page can be

an example for women

to be beautiful, fun, sexy,

and why not, intelligent.

Lisa, we got another

postcard from your father.

Wish you were her.

How many of these things

is he going to send me?

Why don't you love me?

Tell me baby why don't you love me

When I make me so

damn easy to love.

You know, when I

started seeing girls,

teenage, twenty, young girls,

with Bettie tattoos,

I could not believe it.

And why don't you need me?

They're looking at

her as a role model,

as this symbol of

joyous sexual freedom.

Tell me, baby,

why don't you love me

When I make me so

damn easy to love?

It's a tribute to her.

These heartbreaking good looks,

the riveting appeal

of her personality,

still to this day inspires

the kind of response

that you get from artists,

fashion designers,

and the fandom, which

we know is incredible.

The Bettie Page they

love is very real.

In other words, I think that she

had this kind of amoral attitude

towards sexuality and nudity, and

even, you know, the bondage things.

She did not disgrace those

who looked more sternly

upon portraits of sexuality.

I think she handled her

phases of life with dignity.

The suggestion back then that

sex was simply a natural,

normal part of life was

very revolutionary,

and helped to change the

values of our time.

I think that in that context

Bettie Page is truly iconic.

If you think the images are

wonderful, you have no idea.

She's a wonderful human being.

I never thought of myself as

anything special or important.

I was just doing my job and

enjoyed ever bit of it.

And I'm so thankful that

you like my pictures

and that you care as

much as you do about me,

and I wish you all the

best, every one of you.

Well I've seen her face,

in a magazine

She was looking real cute

Yea, without her jeans

She was staring back at me

With those cunning bad eyes

I got so turned on,

it was hard to disguise

The 21 st Century Bettie Page

The 21 st Century Bettie Page

Well she's got a different

look, it's from another page

She's a 21st Century Bettie Page

Well, I found her name

from a mixed flat mate...

I am a huge fan, I love her.

We are the daughters

of Bettie Page.

There's a little

Bettie in all of us.

Everyone has a dark side to them

and she just showed her dark

side the best way possible.

Wild, strong, liberated,

yet extremely sexy woman.

- Hello?

- Bettie?

Yes?

It's been so many years.

This is Paula Klaw, how are you?

Very good. Gee, you

sound like a young girl.

I like my privacy these days, I don't

even give out interviews at all.

Yeah, I know. Good for you.

So what's your biggest seller now?

Bettie Page.

You're kidding,

I don't believe you.

Do believe me. Everybody

wants your pictures, Bettie.

I know, I can't get

over the popularity.

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