Cinema: Glandscape Artist

"I run my films like the Boy Scouts," claims Producer-Director Russ Meyer. "I want absolutely no hanky-panky on the set. You can't expect two people who have been balling the night before to turn in a convincing performance the next day."

Meyer's stern philosophy, applied to 16 nudie films, has helped make him one of the most successful independent film makers in Hollywood. His first movie, The Immoral Mr. Teas, was made for $24,000, but when it brought in over $1,000,000 Meyer, a former industrial film cameraman, found himself on top of the bottom...

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