Lorna (film)

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Lorna
Theatrical poster to Lorna (1964)
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Produced by	Eve Meyer Russ Meyer
Written by	James Griffith Russ Meyer
Starring	Lorna Maitland Mark Bradley James Rucker Hal Hopper Doc Scortt Althea Currier F. Rufus Owens Frank Bolger Ken Parker James Griffith
Music by	Hal Hopper (title song) James Griffith (uncredited)
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Distributed by	Eve Productions Inc.
Release date(s)	September 11, 1964
Running time	78 min.
Language	English
Budget	$37,000
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Lorna is a 1964 film by Russ Meyer. Shot mainly on the small main street that runs through the town of Locke, California in September 1963, this was Meyer's first film in 35 mm. It was Meyer's first film to employ a dramatic storyline, the most expensive film he had filmed to date, and the first of two films Meyer filmed with Lorna Maitland. Though the film was prosecuted for obscenity in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Florida, it became a major success at drive-ins, downtown theaters, and even made appearances at art-house cinemas. Author and director William Rotsler said of this film, "with Lorna Meyer established the formula that made him rich and famous, the formula of people filmed at top hate, top lust, top heavy." ^[1]

1 Plot
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The publicity to Lorna exclaimed: "Without artistic surrender, without compromise, without question or apology, an important motion picture was produced: LORNA-- a woman too much for one man."

One of Meyer's early, rural gothic films, the story involves Lorna, an unsatisfied young wife married to Jim, a worker at a salt mine who spends his evenings studying to become a CPA. When Lorna is raped by an escaped convict, her frustrated sexuality is awakened. She begins inviting the stranger to her home while Jim works. After being teased by his co-workers at the salt mine, Jim returns home and discovers Lorna's unfaithfulness.

[edit] Notes

^ *McDonough, Jimmy (2005). Big bosoms and square jaws : the biography of Russ Meyer, king of the sex film. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-07250-1. , p.138

[edit] References

Frasier, David K. (1998). Russ Meyer--the life and films : a biography and a comprehensive, illustrated, and annotated filmography and bibliography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0472-8.
McDonough, Jimmy (2005). Big bosoms and square jaws : the biography of Russ Meyer, king of the sex film. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-07250-1.

[edit] External links

Lorna at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Russ Meyer

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