[78-L] Betty Page

[David Lennick]

Mary Harron, by the way, is the daughter of Don Harron, aka Charlie Farquharson.

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Michael Biel wrote:
> 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
>