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Russell Albion Meyer was an American filmmaker and photographer. He was primarily known for writing and directing a successful series of sexploitation films featuring campy humor, sly satire and large
Meyer in 1970
Promotional shot for Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Meyer (left) and Roger Ebert in 1970
Meyer's gravestone, located in the Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, California
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, Erica Gavin, and Dav
Russ Meyer
…Kill! (1965), Vixen! (1968), Supervixens (1975), Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979), and the film he considered to be his definitive work, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). Russ Meyer was born in San Leandro, California, the son of Lydia Lucinda Hauck Howe and William Arthur Meyer, an Oakland police officer. Meyer's…
Theatrical release poster
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