People tend to assume that NANI (Naked – As Nature Intended) was one of the first British nudist movies if not the first. It wasn’t. The first British Nudist film was Nudist Paradise (1958). It was quickly followed by Travelling Light (1959), Nudist Memories (1959), The Nudist Story (1960), and Continue Reading
Showgirl Glamour Revue
This article about the versatile and talented Pamela Green appeared in Showgirl Glamour Revue, Vol. 1 No. 1. I’m not sure of the year, but it’s the late ’50s.
Pam photographs Weegee
This is a bit of a special treat. A rare photo of American photographer Weegee (Arthur Fellig) being photographed by Pamela Green in 1959. Never before published. Weegee was a very frequent visitor to the studio in Gerrard Street. He also visited the set of Peeping Tom while they were Continue Reading
Nightmare at Elm Manor (1961)
Two decades before A Nightmare on Elm Street there was Nightmare at Elm Manor, a Harrison Marks nudie/horror short from 1961 featuring June Palmer being menaced by Marks’ regular stooge Stuart Samuels. It all starts when June decides to put on lipstick before going to bed. Not sure what the Continue Reading
The Imp’probable Mr. Weegee
Renowned photographer Weegee (a.k.a Arthur Fellig (1899-1966)) befriended George Harrison Marks and Pamela Green when he was in London in the early ’60s. Famed for his graphic crime photos of the ’30s and ’40s few people realise that in 1966, two years before his death, Weegee starred as himself in Continue Reading
The Icon and Dambuster
Byron Rogers wrote a collection of articles on tracking down and meeting an array of quirky, whimsical and eccentric individuals, some of which were printed in the Sunday Telegraph a number of years ago. He did a piece on Douglas Webb and Pamela Green called The Icon and Dambuster. He also Continue Reading
Peeping Tom Comic Strip
Here is a three-page comic adaptation, of the scene in which Pamela Green gets murdered in Peeping Tom. It first appeared in the Italian magazine Diva: Cinema 1951 – 1965. The strip accompanied the article Dalla parte del mostro PEEPING TOM (1960) and was published back in 1989. I’m afraid I Continue Reading
Naked as Nature Intended Japanese Poster
Naked as Nature Intended was released in Japan in 1963, two years after its UK release. This is a hansai sized poster, approx. 20.0″ X 28.5″, from that release. The picture is of Pam on a swing at Spielplatz. The photo was originally taken by Douglas Webb. It would be Continue Reading
Windmill Theatre Event
Maurice Poole, one of the leading authorities and collector of Windmill Theatre memorabilia, will discuss the history and importance of The Windmill Theatre as well as introduce a rare 1969 documentary and display a collection of colour photographs taken in the early 1940s (taken by the House manager at the Continue Reading
We’ll Take Manhattan
On Thursday, BBC4 screened a rather delightful drama about the love affair between photographer David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton called We’ll Take Manhattan. Did you notice the Harrison Marks calendar hanging on the wall early on in the programme? If I’m not mistaken September 1962 featuring Pam.
