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The Bellboy and the Playgirls
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Directed by	Francis Ford Coppola; Fritz Umgelter
Written by	Dieter Hildebrandt; Margh Malina
Produced by	Wolfgang Hartwig; Harry Ross
Starring	June Wilkinson
Cinematography	Paul Grupp
Edited by	Jack Hill
Music by	Claus Ogerman
Release date	February 12, 1962;
Running time	94 min. (US); 85 min. (West Germany)
Country	U.S. / West Germany
Language	English & German

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The Bellboy and the Playgirls is a 1962 American film by Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Hill. The film is a re-edited version of a West German film of 1958 originally titled Mit Eva fing die Sünde an [de] [Sin Began with Eve], directed by Fritz Umgelter with Coppola and Hill shooting nudity inserted into the film for an American release.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Dinah, an actress, refuses to be a part of seduction scene in front of a live audience. The director, Gregor, tries to convince her to complete the scene by telling her stories of sexual relations over the centuries. In the end, Dinah decides to complete the filming.

Coppola inserted scenes to the original German plot, adding the bellboy, George, who tries to spend some time with a room full of women.

Production

The German production starring Karin Dor and Willy Fritsch was in black and white but Coppola said that he filmed around 15 minutes of footage in 3D and in color to add to the American release. The new footage featured nude women and took Coppola a few days to complete. Coppola said that the project was "adding five three-minute nudie sketches in color to a stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white".^[2] Al Locatelli designed the sets for the new segments while Jack Hill was the cinematographer.^[2] June Wilkinson, a Playboy Bunny, is featured in the segments.^{[citation needed]} The 3-D footage was shot in Optavision and supervised by Richard Kay.^[3]

During the production one of the girls stated to Coppola that she was only 17 and that her father was going to kill her. Coppola responded with, "Well, you can keep your bra on," which resulted in him being reprimanded by the producer after he saw the completed film. Hill received $25 for his work on the film and Coppola received $250.^[2] Coppola was a student at the University of California, Los Angeles film school and his classmates did not agree with his choice of going into exploitation films. Coppola said, "I was called a cop-out, because I was willing to compromise".^[2]

The film print was believed to be lost after the film's initial release in 1962 and subsequent release on videotape but a collector of Coppola memorabilia had a print of the film. The book Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola states that "Coppola's color footage is easily identifiable in the finished film" and that "the five Coppola sequences add up to nearly fifty minutes of screen time". A short time after the film's release, Coppola started working under Roger Corman.^[2]

Release

The film's 3-D footage has been released by "3-D Rarities" on Blu-ray in a compilation entitled "3-D Rarities". The version included on the Blu-ray contains no nudity.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Clive Davies (June 2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about. SCB Distributors. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-909394-06-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gene D. Phillips (December 6, 2013). Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-0-8131-4671-3.
^ Ray Zone (July 6, 2012). 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8131-3611-0.

External links

The Bellboy and the Playgirls at IMDb

[1] Clive Davies (June 2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about. SCB Distributors. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-909394-06-3.

[Phillips2013-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gene D. Phillips (December 6, 2013). Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-0-8131-4671-3.

[3] Ray Zone (July 6, 2012). 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8131-3611-0.

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-'''''The Bellboy and the Playgirls''''' is an American 1962 film by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Jack Hill]]. The film is a re-edited version of a German film of 1958 originally titled '''''Mit Eva fing die Sünde an {{bracket|The Sin Began with Eva}}''''', directed by [[Fritz Umgelter]] with Coppola and Hill shooting nudity inserted into the film for an American release.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clive Davies|title=Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co5XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111|date=June 2015|publisher=SCB Distributors|isbn=978-1-909394-06-3|page=111}}</ref><ref name="Phillips2013"/>
+'''''The Bellboy and the Playgirls''''' is a 1962 American film by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Jack Hill]]. The film is a re-edited version of a West German film of 1958 originally titled ''{{Ill|Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (film)|de|3=Mit Eva fing die Sünde an|lt=Mit Eva fing die Sünde an}} {{bracket|Sin Began with Eve}}'', directed by [[Fritz Umgelter]] with Coppola and Hill shooting nudity inserted into the film for an American release.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clive Davies|title=Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co5XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111|date=June 2015|publisher=SCB Distributors|isbn=978-1-909394-06-3|page=111}}</ref><ref name="Phillips2013"/>
-==Plot summary==
+==Plot==
 Dinah, an actress, refuses to be a part of seduction scene in front of a live audience. The director, Gregor, tries to convince her to complete the scene by telling her stories of sexual relations over the centuries. In the end, Dinah decides to complete the filming.
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 ==Production==
-The German production was in black and white, but Coppola said that he filmed around 15 minutes of footage that were in [[3D film|3D]] and in color to add to the American release. The new footage featured nude women and took Coppola a few days to complete. Coppola said that the project was "adding five three-minute nudie sketches in color to a stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white".<ref name="Phillips2013"/> [[Al Locatelli]] designed the sets for the new segments while [[Jack Hill]] was the cinematographer.<ref name="Phillips2013">{{cite book|author=Gene D. Phillips|title=Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XBHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|date=December 6, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4671-3|pages=14–17}}</ref> [[June Wilkinson]], a [[Playboy Bunny]], is featured in the segments.<ref name="New">{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2015/06/24/francis-ford-coppolas-career-started-with-a-porno/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola’s career started with a porno |last=Lumenick |first=Lou |date=June 24, 2015 |website=New York Post |access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> The 3-D footage was shot in [[Optavision]] and supervised by Richard Kay.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Zone|title=3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2Ajw-EEOEkC&pg=PA100|date=July 6, 2012|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-3611-3|page=100}}</ref>
+The German production starring [[Karin Dor]] and [[Willy Fritsch]] was in black and white but Coppola said that he filmed around 15 minutes of footage in [[3D film|3D]] and in color to add to the American release. The new footage featured nude women and took Coppola a few days to complete. Coppola said that the project was "adding five three-minute nudie sketches in color to a stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white".<ref name="Phillips2013"/> [[Al Locatelli]] designed the sets for the new segments while [[Jack Hill]] was the cinematographer.<ref name="Phillips2013">{{cite book|author=Gene D. Phillips|title=Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XBHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|date=December 6, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4671-3|pages=14–17}}</ref> [[June Wilkinson]], a [[Playboy Bunny]], is featured in the segments.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The 3-D footage was shot in [[Optavision]] and supervised by Richard Kay.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Zone|title=3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2Ajw-EEOEkC&pg=PA100|date=July 6, 2012|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-3611-0|page=100}}</ref>
-During the production, one of the girls stated to Coppola that she was only 17 and that her father was going to kill her. Coppola responded with, "Well, you can keep your bra on" which resulted in him being reprimanded by the producer after he saw the completed film. Hill received $25 for his work on the film and Coppola received $250.<ref name="Phillips2013"/><ref name="New"/> Coppola was a student at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] film school and his classmates did not agree with his choice of going into exploitation films. Coppola said, "I was called a cop-out, because I was willing to compromise".<ref name="Phillips2013" />
+During the production one of the girls stated to Coppola that she was only 17 and that her father was going to kill her. Coppola responded with, "Well, you can keep your bra on," which resulted in him being reprimanded by the producer after he saw the completed film. Hill received $25 for his work on the film and Coppola received $250.<ref name="Phillips2013"/> Coppola was a student at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] film school and his classmates did not agree with his choice of going into exploitation films. Coppola said, "I was called a cop-out, because I was willing to compromise".<ref name="Phillips2013" />
-The film print was believed to be lost after the film's initial release in 1962 and subsequent release on videotape, but a collector of Coppola memorabilia had a print of the film. The book ''Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola'' states that "Coppola's color footage is easily identifiable in the finished film" and that "the five Coppola sequences add up to nearly fifty minutes of screen time". A short time after the film's release, Coppola started working under [[Roger Corman]].<ref name="Phillips2013" />
+The film print was believed to be lost after the film's initial release in 1962 and subsequent release on videotape but a collector of Coppola memorabilia had a print of the film. The book ''Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola'' states that "Coppola's color footage is easily identifiable in the finished film" and that "the five Coppola sequences add up to nearly fifty minutes of screen time". A short time after the film's release, Coppola started working under [[Roger Corman]].<ref name="Phillips2013" />
 ==Release==
-The film's 3-D footage was released on Blu-ray in a compilation set titled "3-D Rarities", was released by Flicker Alley. The version included on the Blu-ray contains no nudity.<ref name="New" />
+The film's 3-D footage has been released by "3-D Rarities" on Blu-ray in a compilation entitled "3-D Rarities". The version included on the Blu-ray contains no nudity.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
 ==See also==
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 * {{IMDb title|id=0056355|title=The Bellboy and the Playgirls}}
-* {{AllMovie title|4756|The Bellboy and the Playgirls}}
 {{Francis Ford Coppola}}
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+[[Category:Films scored by Claus Ogerman]]

v t e Francis Ford Coppola
Filmography Awards and nominations Bibliography Unrealized projects
Films directed	Dementia 13 (1963) You're a Big Boy Now (1966) Finian's Rainbow (1968) The Rain People (1969) The Godfather (1972) The Conversation (1974) The Godfather Part II (1974) Apocalypse Now (1979; Redux, 2001) One from the Heart (1982) The Outsiders (1983) Rumble Fish (1983) The Cotton Club (1984) Captain EO (1986; short film) Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Gardens of Stone (1987) Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) New York Stories (segment "Life Without Zoë", 1989) The Godfather Part III (1990) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Jack (1996) The Rainmaker (1997) Youth Without Youth (2007) Tetro (2009) Twixt (2011) Megalopolis (2024)
Written only	Is Paris Burning? (1966) This Property Is Condemned (1966) Patton (1970) The Great Gatsby (1974)
Produced only	American Graffiti (1973) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Don Juan DeMarco (1994) The Florentine (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Enterprises	American Zoetrope Zoetrope: All-Story Rubicon Estate Winery Distant Vision