Not to be confused with 1976’s The Muthers, a women-in-prison film from exploitation legend Cirio H. Santiago, 1968’s The Muthers is a sexploitation film from exploitation semi-legend Don A. Davis. Presented “in ‘throbbing’ color,” it’s about married women in the L.A. suburbs having sex with men who aren’t their husbands and, this being softcore, never … Continue reading The Muthers (1968)
Come spy with me, beckon Marsha Jordan and Ann Perry to curious viewers of The Golden Box, a secret-agent sexploitation caper from Her Odd Tastes director Don Davis. As a fan of Jordan, the Jayne Mansfield of ’60s softcore cinema, I was double-O ready for it. In L.A., shortly after getting serviced while sitting on … Continue reading The Golden Box (1970)
Heard the buzz? It’s just Marsha Jordan’s vibrator. At the movie’s start, she rubs the battery-burnin’ device all over her face and head, which is not how it’s supposed to work. Not for nothing is this titled Her Odd Tastes! Credited (and misspelled?) as “Marsh Jordon,” Ms. Jordan positively #girlbosses her way through as dildo … Continue reading Her Odd Tastes (1969)
Not for nothing does the tagline to this Stephen C. Apostolof sexploitation film shout, “SEXUALLY HANDICAPPED BY ORDER OF THE COURT.” His favorite sexploitation starlet, the magnificent Marsha Jordan, stars as the (ahem) titular The Divorcee. Yes, that’s Divorcee with double Es, appropriately. Jordan’s Betty Brent has a problem with alcohol: One drink and she’s … Continue reading The Divorcee (1969)
Jordan Todorov’s 2011 documentary, Dad Made Dirty Movies, is a wonderful introduction to one of cult film’s best-kept secrets. But Todorov’s new book on the topic, Dad Made Dirty Movies: The Erotic World of Stephen C. Apostolof, is even better. Although the ideal is to consume both media, 58 minutes face a sheer disadvantage against … Continue reading Dad Made Dirty Movies: The Erotic World of Stephen C. Apostolof