[78-L] Betty Page

[Michael Biel]

The reason I asked is that I have the DVD but it is not where I could
check if my version is longer than what you saw on BBC2.  I can't
imagine a film like this being shown here in the U.S. on an over-the-air
network -- even in censored form!!!  The very concept of nude models is
too racy for our prudish country.  It has been on cable, however.  But
considering what I have seen on broadcast TV in the U.K., and knowing
what is (and isn't) in this film, I wouldn't think that BBC2 would have
censored it.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
I was watching "The Notorious Betty Page" (2005), which contained some
pretty decent music from the period (1955-). However, on the end credits
there were at least a couple of items, which I don't recall hearing,
Coleman Hawkins's "It's Only A Paper Moon" and Charlie Mingus's "Love
Chant", so it it looks like the film had been cut. This version was 90
minutes.

Julian Vein

Michael Biel wrote:
> What was your source for the film? (I originally wrote "Where are you
> watching it?" but that has other meanings . . .)
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
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It was shown on BBC2. The director was Mary Harron.

 Julian Vein