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The Notorious Bettie Page
2005 film by Mary Harron
The Notorious Bettie Page is a 2005 American biographicaldrama film directed by Mary Harron.
The screenplay by Harron and Guinevere Turner focuses on 1950s pinup and bondage modelBettie Page, portrayed by Gretchen Mol.
Plot
Bettie Page is an ambitious, naïve, and devout young Christian woman who longs to leave Nashville, Tennessee, following a childhood of sexual abuse, a failed wartime marriage, and a gang rape.
In 1949, she departs for New York City, where she enrolls in an acting class. Amateur photographer Jerry Tibbs discovers her walking on the beach at Coney Island and she agrees to model for him.
Notorious bettie page biography movie
He suggests she restyle her hair with the bangs that would become her trademark.
Bettie becomes a favorite of nature photographers (including Bunny Yeager, who films her posing with two leopards), and she has no hesitation about removing her clothes for the photographers when asked.
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