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who like these kinds

of costumes...

high-quality people.

I met one of them.

He's a lawyer. He's very nice.

Wouldn't hurt a fly.

These people you work for...

is this what they ask

you to do?

Who are these people?!

They're very nice people,

Marvin.

Look... this thing

in your mouth,

- what is this?

- It's just a prop, Marvin.

It's just silliness.

We're laughing all the time

- when we're doing this stuff.

- Bettie,

it... it's disgusting.

I'm gonna

go get some air.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Will you take

a picture of me?

- Yeah.

- It's silly.

People take pictures

of me all the time,

but I don't know

how to take one of myself.

Shall I just stand

right here?

Yeah.

You just press

the little button there.

Okay.

Here's your camera, Miss.

- Where are you going after the beach?

- Home.

Would you like

to go out with me?

Uh-huh.

- I'm Bettie.

- Hi.

- I am Armand.

- Oh...

- it's nice to meet you, Armand.

- Nice to meet you too.

Don't think for a minute

that the jungle abounds

with cuties like this.

That pretty hairdo

and that naughty

little leopard skin

are products

of a complex civilization.

Of course,

what lies underneath

Is both civilized

and primitive...

depending on her mood.

I'm gonna send these pictures

to a new magazine.

It's called "Playboy."

Do you know of it?

- No, ma'am, I don't think I do.

- Well, it's new...

very tasteful magazine,

printed on beautiful paper.

It's very classy.

Look towards me, please.

- Like this?

- Perfect.

Now, Bettie, the magazine wants

to know how old you are.

- I'm 32.

- Oh...

well, I never

would have guessed.

I don't think you should

tell them that, though.

No magazine wants

a model who's over 25.

Smile, Bettie.

Okay, I need you

to lift your knee up.

I'm seeing

a little bit too much.

You know what's funny?

Irving Klaw

Would never let me pose

with my top off.

- Irving Klaw?

- Yeah, you know him?

No. I think I heard his name on TV

last night, though.

- Some government investigation.

- Irving on television?

Yeah, I think he's

in a little bit of trouble

- What kind of trouble?

- I'm sure it's nothing.

It's probably just some senators

blowing a lot of hot air.

Eyes to the camera,

please.

How about a wink?

We shall show

by these hearings

that a large portion

of the market for this material

is with inquisitive

and impressionable teenagers.

There is a peculiar resemblance

to narcotics addiction

in exposure of juveniles

to pornography,

but there is one difference,

however...

the injection of heroin

into the veins of an addict

stops with the addict,

but the contaminative

effects of pornography

in the hands

of just one minor

are incapable

of measuring.

Irving says they

can't shoot anymore

- until they sort this out.

- Yeah.

Maybe it's time

I stopped modeling

and just worked hard

at my acting.

People are getting tired

of taking pictures of me anyhow.

Never.

What are you gonna do?

- I got a plan.

- You do?

You know Frank and Charlie

from the camera club?

- Yeah.

- A couple of months ago,

they asked to borrow my apartment

for a private session.

So I said,

"What's in it for me?"

So they paid me

a little something,

And then it became

a regular thing every Thursday.

Then another couple of guys

asked, and I thought,

"Why not go into business

- for myself?"

- How?

Well, I got myself

a white fur rug.

- Nice.

- Well, not real fur,

but good enough

for pictures.

And a couple of pillars.

That's on one side.

And on another wall, I'm gonna

get a mural painted of an Italian lake;

And maybe a fake fireplace on another

wall, so I can shoot three sides

and get the most

out of the space.

Do you think Paula

will be upset?

- Maybe. It's competition.

- Mmm...

But you got to look

after yourself in this world.

And you can't be

a model forever.

I was reading

the theater section

of the goddamned "New York Times"

today, and a drawing of this guy,

Petruchio, swinging a whip

in "The Taming of the Shrew"...

the play by Shakespeare...

is all over the first page.

- Nobody cares.

- They're all hypocrites.

Then, I see this illustration

in the "New York Times Magazine"

Of "Kiss Me Kate," a Broadway musical.

What does it show?

Spanking!

They wanna shut me down for distributing

images almost identical to these.

Shh. Don't say too much.

Remember what the lawyer said.

I'm beginning to get

a persecution fear complex.

Don't.

- You are Mr. Klaw?

- Yes.

Mr. Klaw, were you...

Sir, in accordance

with your suggestion,

we don't want

any pictures.

Thank you very much.

We appreciate your cooperation.

Uh, Mr... Klaw,

were you requested

to bring any

books or records?

- Yes.

- do you have them, sir?

I decline to make

them available

under the 5th amendment

of the constitution,

that they may tend to degrade

or incriminate me;

and under the 4th amendment

of the constitution

that the subpoena

is vague and illegal.

Do you wish to make

any statement as to why

you think producing any books

or records called for here

might tend

to incriminate you?

I decline to answer under the 5th

amendment of the constitution,

that an answer

may tend to incriminate me.

Dr. Henry, I direct

your attention

to a booklet entitled

"Cartoon and Model Parade,"

published by Irving Klaw

of 212 east 14th street.

I specifically call

your attention

to the movie

"Negligee Fight."

The heading reads

that this 16mm movie

shows the terrific battle

that ensues

when both girls

claim a black negligee.

Is this

the masochistic type

of perversion to which

we just referred?

- It is.

- Is there a sexual deviation

known as "bondage,"

where a person

- is trussed up with rope and chains?

- Yes.

- That is fairly common.

- You say that...

that bondage

is fairly common?

Fairly common

in this particular group...

that is, the group

of sexual deviants.

Tell us more

about that...

uh... bondage being

fairly common.

Among those

that are familiar

with this variety

of sexual deviation,

it is a matter

of common knowledge to them.

You mean they like to see

someone who is bound up...

- Yes, they do.

- Pictures of them?

- Some of them do.

- Now I direct your attention

to a series of photographs

called "New Specially Posed."

"Bettie can only feel fear

as she is unable to see

her captors.

Now that the pole

was bound to her body,

Bettie had to crawl

on all fours like an animal.

The floor made

Bettie's knees red and sore.

The unwieldy steel brank

kept slipping back and forth,

Irritating the tender flesh

at Bettie's neck,

thus making the cold steel

an added menace.

It was most exhausting,

But Bettie's strength and endurance

were equal to the task."

Doctor, could I ask you...

could... could...

could children

be sexually perverted

- by looking at photos of this nature?

- Yes.

Would you say it is

a fair statement

that suicide, murder

and psychosis

is the result

of this type of trash?

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