COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Screenplays, publicity posters, and photographs for erotic and exploitation films directed by Russ Meyer. Includes a press kit for the film "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens" (1979) and the original pilot script for "The Pornies of Payton Junction" by Martin Winkler (1969). Included are screenplays for "The Desperate Women" (written by Samuel Newman), "Supervixens" (written by Meyer), "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (written by Roger Ebert), "Briefing for a Descent Into Hell" (written by Rik Friday), "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens" (written by Meyer together with R. Hyde, aka Roger Ebert), and "Vixen!" (written by Meyer; actress Erica Gavin's copy, with her annotations).
Dates
- 1954-1979.
Creator
- Meyer, Russ, 1922-2004. (Person)
- Winkler, Martin, active 1969 (Title of work: Pornies of Payton Junction..) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Friday, Rik (Title of work: Briefing for a descent into hell..) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Ebert, Roger (Title of work: Beyond the valley of the dolls..) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Meyer, Russ, 1922-2004 (Title of work: Beneath the valley of the ultravixens..) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Meyer, Russ, 1922-2004 (Title of work: Vixen!.) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Meyer, Russ, 1922-2004 (Title of work: Supervixens..) (Author of screenplay, etc., Person)
- Gavin, Erica, 1949- (Former owner, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, actor, and photographer. He is known mainly for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films, such as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
Extent
.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Screenplays, publicity posters, and photographs for erotic and exploitation films directed by Russ Meyer. Includes a press kit for the film "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens" (1979) and the original pilot script for "The Pornies of Payton Junction" by Martin Winkler (1969). Included are screenplays for "The Desperate Women" (written by Samuel Newman), "Supervixens" (written by Meyer), "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (written by Roger Ebert), "Briefing for a Descent Into Hell" (written by Rik Friday), "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens" (written by Meyer together with R. Hyde, aka Roger Ebert), and "Vixen!" (written by Meyer; actress Erica Gavin's copy, with her annotations).
Physical Description
Manuscripts, photographs, printed material.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- September 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Jude Corina, September 2016
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu