The Notorious Bettie Page Page #4

- Uh, that's good,

A little bit of bum.

I really like bum.

- That's perfect.

- Lovely bum, darling.

See, she's one of our best.

And then he admitted

that he paid Roz 12 bucks an hour,

And they gave me 10.

Cheek of it!

So I says to Irving,

"Pardon me,

but who's been freezing

her derriere off

every Saturday for the past six months?

Not Roz Greenwood.

Gee, that's not fair. Roz is real nice,

but you're a better model.

- Everyone says so.

- Hey, girls, how you doing?

Yeah, we're cold.

Can we get another heater in here?

I'll see what I can do.

Bettie, if you keep brushing your hair,

it'll fall out of your head.

Let me explain something to you.

This is one of our

private sessions... John.

We call him "Little John" to tell him

apart from the other John, "Big John."

He's the photographer

out there.

Anyway, Little John has some

special outfits he'd like you to put on.

- I'd say they're special.

- Maxie.

Yeah, all right, some of them are

a real hoot, but he's a very nice man.

Yeah, he's not normal,

- but he's nice.

- he's one of our best customers,

So will you try

and do what he says?

- What does she mean?

- Oh, it's nothing bad,

You just have to scare him

and act mean. Like this.

Actually,

it's kind of fun.

You're lucky.

Wait until you see what I have to do.

Hey! Ouch, that's too tight.

Well, that is rather the point, my dear.

The tighter the better.

- Paula.

- Maxie, are they hurting you?

- She's all right. Aren't you, Maxie?

- I am not.

- I'm getting rope burns.

- All right. Let's get a move on.

Bettie, stand over there.

I'd like this young lady

to look very strict.

He'd like her

to look very strict.

He'd like you to look

very strict.

Come on, my dear,

more passion. Fire.

More... tigress,

huh?

Whoa, very good.

Dominate the men

who adore you.

Crush them with

your exquisite high heels!

"Come, fill the cup.

And in the fire of spring

the winter garment

of repentance fling."

Oh, that's very nice.

Is that from a poem?

Not just a poem, my dear, the poem...

"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

Whoa... oh, no, thank you.

I don't drink.

Come on,

have a drink with me.

Most of the time these last six months,

I seem to be drinking by myself

or with strangers

whom I don't much like.

Might I tempt you

with a mushroom cap?

Oh. So what do you do,

Little John?

He has a very successful

legal practice

- with many distinguished clients.

- How is business, John?

- You been keeping busy?

- Uh, quite busy,

But mother hasn't

been very well

So I've been spending

a lot of time at home with her.

Sorry to hear it.

And what about those legal

difficulties you mentioned?

I had a letter

from the postal inspector warning me

about sending some of my pictures

through the mail. What do you know

- about getting around that?

- The only court ruling

that I know of

on that issue

is the case of this fellow,

Al Urban.

The post office tried

to prevent him

from sending photographs

of nude men through the mail.

They got the Civil

Liberties Union involved

And the Chicago court

eventually ruled that the materials

- were not obscene.

- We don't even have nudes.

He just had to be careful he was

only sending his stuff to adults.

Tell me, what do you think

of all this tying-up business?

You seem to have

a knack for posing.

And I'm always on the lookout

for comely wenches

who don't mind a bit

of the old rope and gag.

Well, it certainly

was different.

I liked what you did

with that riding crop.

It's a treat to see a girl

with so much spirit.

Oh, I enjoy acting

very much.

I've been taking lessons.

Oh... we shall have

to put you

in a little film

or something, shan't we?

Little John old cock,

What say we give

this charming creature a role

in "Sally's Punishment"?

I bet she's a dab hand with the cords.

Could you stop there,

please?

These films include bondage,

spanking and flagellation,

all illegal to send

through the U.S. mails.

I will need you

to sign a stipulation

stating that you will

agree not to sell

any films, photographs

or drawings depicting these acts.

Sir, if I may,

my client sells

a number of photographs

of stills from Hollywood films.

Take one, for example,

from "Tarzan and the Slave Girl"...

a scantily clad actress

is tied up.

Lash marks are

visible on her back.

Now, this film passed

the National Board of Review.

What is your point,

Mr. Gangel?

Well, certainly, you can't

intend for my client to stop selling

these Hollywood

film stills, Inspector.

Those images represent a minute part

of a feature-length film

intended as harmless

entertainment.

Mr. Klaw's films

and photographs are created

with the deliberate intention

of inciting lust

and lascivious thoughts,

and should therefore be barred

from being sent

through the mails.

If you do not cease

and desist,

this will become a matter

for the courts.

Hi, girls.

That looks

very artistic.

- What's it called?

- "Bettie's Clown Dance."

- Very nice.

- How'd it go?

- Not good.

- You look terrible. Is that your heart?

- Did you get the fluttering again?

- Ah, no no no, I'm fine.

- Bettie, that's all for today.

- Listen, Bettie,

I hope you don't mind...

we need to take

a little break from production,

maybe a couple of weeks.

- Sure.

- Take off. Take a vacation.

You know where I'd go

if I could ever get away from here?

- Where would you go?

- Miami Beach.

That's where I'm gonna go

if I ever get to retire.

Sit in the sand

and watch the waves.

Sun and fun, Bettie.

Dear Goldie, guess what.

I decided to take

a vacation.

I've been spending

loads of time on the beach.

The water is so clear

and so blue.

Now I've been working too.

A friend gave me

an introduction

to a photographer

who takes beautiful

artistic pictures.

I hear she's one of the top

glamour photographers working today.

Her name is

Miss Bunny Yeager.

- Miss Yeager?

- You must be Bettie.

Please step this way.

- Would you like some water?

- Yes, I would. Thank you.

- Is this you?

- Yes.

That was taken in Hawaii.

I was a model too.

You brought

some clothes with you.

I made this.

Is this what

you normally pose in?

Yes.

What do you think?

Well, maybe the bathing suit

and the stockings.

Not the corset.

I believe the female form

can stand on its own.

In fact, I'd like

to see you in the light.

Do you mind standing

over here by the window?

And what brings you

to Miami, Bettie?

I don't know.

Well, I love the sunshine,

love the ocean.

Well, that's perfect.

I do some of my best work outdoors.

Yes, she's been shot

by just about every

photographer in the country,

but I think I caught

something special

in her personality

when I photographed Bettie Page.

The first thing I noticed was

that for some reason,

when she's nude,

she doesn't seem naked.

Maybe it's just her all-over

coppery tan,

or maybe just her attitude.

Whatever it is,

it conveyed to me

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