D;Once Betty was discovered she met many photographers and posed various local camera clubs at indoor and outdoor photo shoots. Betty got her first real break when one of the club members sold some of these shoots to a men's magazine.;camera clubs;break;magazine;indoor;Null;1;0;;sofa2.dir
D;In the early 50s there were many popular men's magazines like "Wink", "Beauty Parade", "Gaze", "Black Nylons", "Stare", "Tab", "Jest" or "Chicks and Chuckles". Robert Harrison published these magazines and in 1951 he hired Betty to model for him.;1951;50s;magazine;Harrison;Null;1;0;;news.dir
D;Many of Betty's famous bondage photos were taken at Irving Klaw's studio on 14th Street in New York City. Somewhere around 1952, Betty started modeling for Irving. I'm sure you already discovered some of these photos, didn't you?;Klaw;1952;studio;bondage;photo;1;0;;bond2.dir
D;Well, Betty worked for Klaw until she stopped modeling in 1957. Irving and his sister Paula probably account for the largest number of Betty Page photos in black and white. They really produced some weird stuff. Just click and you'll see...;Klaw;1957;weird;black and white;Null;1;0;;behind3.dir
D;It is absolutely fascinating to see how Betty's posing would be suitable for a wide variety of shoots: from the very innocent and demure to strict bondage, complete with leather and 6 inch heels. The Klaw's really got the best out of Betty!;Klaw;bondage;leather;high heels;innocent;1;0;;fetish2.dir
D;For me, the work that Betty did for the Klaw's was the best she ever did. This is the stuff that made Betty the legend she is today. An underground fetish goddess, a dark angel and the perfect sex icon - inspiring to the world of art and fashion.;miami;klaw;icon;goddess;fetish;1;0;;mail41.dir
D;I really love the touch of realism that feeds your imagination as you watch the Klaw shoots. These photos are down to earth, shot in lingerie, corsets, heels and bondage gear of the day. Doesn't Betty just look real great in these outfits?;lingerie;corsets;realism;;Null;1;0;;fetish6.dir
D;Betty did not only do stills. She was also featured in a number of movies made by the Klaw's and other film makers. "Striporama", a burlesque movie that was shot in 1953 is one of these feature length films. Check it out!;striporama;movie;burlesque;1953;film;1;0;;camera.dir
D;Shortly after "Striporama" was produced, Irving worked on a number of films starring Lili St. Cyr, Tempest Storm, and Betty. These films, among them "Teaserama" and "Varietease", are available on video tape. I can show you some of them if you like.;striporama;varietease;teaserama;movie;film;1;0;;camera.dir
D;There are also many short films featuring Betty which were shot by Irving. Back then a 100-foot loop would be sold for $12.00. Some of the loops were bondage oriented like "Hobbled in a Kid Leather Harness" and "Betty Gets Bound and Kidnaped".;video;movie;klaw;kidnapped;film;1;0;;v_kidnap.dir
D;Betty posed for a new men's magazine named "Playboy" in January '55. She was the centerfold wearing a very light Santa Claus outfit. Sorry I cannot show you copy of that shoot, so let's watch other things.;Playboy;centerfold;;;Null;1;0;;fight2.dir
D;Another photographer that Betty posed for was Bunny Yeager. Bunny was a top model herself at the time. Betty made many trips to Florida during the 1950's to pose for Bunny.;miami;florida;50s;Yeager;model;1;0;;mail47.dir
D;Some real nice outdoor photos of Betty were produced in Miami. Bunny Yeager's shots of Betty were more in the typical model role, at the beach, on boats, in jungle settings, etc. Really great shots - you shouldn't miss them.;jungle;boat;beach;Yeager;outdoor;1;0;;mBeach3.dir
D;Bunny Yeager's photos were more "professional", if that's the right word, than the work she did for the Klaw's, but she is remembered more today for the photos taken by the Klaw's than for her work with Bunny Yeager.;Yeager;Klaw;professional;;Null;0;0;;mail49.dir
D;Things went well 'til '55 when a U.S. Senator from Tennessee decided to get some press coverage for his presidential bid and formed a Senate subcommittee to investigate the "link between pornography and juvenile delinquency". The Klaw's got involved.;committee;senate;senator;porno;Null;1;0;;pose2.dir
D;An investigation from the Senate focused on the Klaw's and accused them of producing lewd material. The law failed to prove anything, but the long fight took it's toll on the Klaw's. They decided to stop producing pin-up and bondage photos in '57.;investigation;1957;bondage;;Null;1;0;;pose1.dir
D;After the investigation of the Senate, the Klaw's business had been ruined, and Irving was in declining health. Betty was also hounded, but defended the Klaw's and their photos. But it was the end of Betty's career at that time.;1957;Senate;;;Null;1;0;;fight3.dir
D;Irving agreed to destroy almost all of his negatives in '57, but Paula refused to do so and kept many negatives of the shots taken of Betty. Thanks to her refusal, I can now show you some of that material.;Paula;destroy;;;Null;1;0;;clap2.dir
D;Movie Star News has about 1,500 Betty Page pictures in their inventory and many "lost" pics are now only available through collectors. Occasionally some of them appear in various books and magazines. And of course, I can show you some too.;lost;collectors;Betty Page;magazine;Null;1;0;;bond5.dir
D;After many years of fighting with the authorities, Irving decided to retire. In '66 he turned the business over to Paula. Shortly before he was ready to enjoy his retirement, he became ill and died at the age of 59.;Irving;retire;;;Null;1;0;;fetish5.dir
D;Betty lived in many parts of the country after she stopped modeling. She spent time in Florida and Chicago, and attended Bible College for a few years as well. Few people know where she is now. I have a tape with an interview of her. Wanna listen?;Bible college;disappear;interview;;Null;0;0;tape;office.dir
D;Rumours say Betty moved to California in late 1978 to live with her brother in the Los Angeles area. Maybe that is true. I'm sure she was totally unaware at the time that her star was on the rise for a second time.;revival;;;;Null;0;0;;mail57.dir
D;Betty's popularity was renewed when U.S.A. Today ran a story on her in 1991. In 1992, a TV show, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", claimed to have located her brother. The search was on! J.B. Rund is one of the few persons who know where she is.;revival;rund;TV;;Null;0;0;tape;office.dir
D;Betty was really ahead of her time. If she was posing today, we would call her a supermodel. And she truly is. At least for me she is uncomparable!;supermodel;today;old;;Null;0;0;;mail59.dir
D;Betty had a look about her that is absolutely timeless. Did I mention that she always had a smile on her face, whenever she could manage one? And these gorgeous bangs. I just adore her.;Bangs;;;;Null;0;0;;mail60.dir
D;Some of Betty's bondage poses precluded a smile because of a gag or a mask. But if you watch carefully you will see that she always managed a look of surprise. Today's bondage models are just not the same - at least to me.;gag;surprise;;;Null;1;0;;bond1.dir
D;I tell you, her bondage photos are really giving me a lot of joy. For me the great thing about them is that Betty claims to have been having fun during these sessions, and I surely can read it on her face in every pose!;fun;face;;;Null;0;0;;v_escape.dir
D;The bondage equipment of the 50's was not as sophisticated as it is today, some leather was in use, but I do not remember any latex at all. Heels were in fashion back then, as well as thigh high boots.;leather;latex;heels;;Null;0;0;;mail63.dir
D;6 inch heels were very popular in many of Betty's pictures and movies of the day. Bondage was done mostly with ropes, with some leather straps used as well. I'm still waiting for a chance to purchase a pair of Betty's old pumps.;whip;straps;;;Null;1;0;;whip2.dir
D;Paula Klaw did the rope work for the pics, and most were poses requested by their customers. You would have a hard time today, locating a service that could provide custom bondage poses at a reasonable price.;rope;customers;Paula;;Null;0;0;;mail65.dir
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D;Did you know that Betty was almost born in a movie theatre? It was on April 22nd 1923 at three o'clock in the morning in Nashville, Tennessee. She lived in Nashville until 1947.;birthday;born;Nashville;movie;Null;1;0;;mail18.dir
D;Betty was the second child out of a total of six in the family. I can show you some photos from that time.;family;brother;sister;;Null;1;0;;mail19.dir
D;Betty's father Roy was jailed for stealing a car, while trying to find work outside Nashville. Betty's father was a big womanizer and so her mother divorced him after he got a young girl pregnant in 1933.;father;Roy;;;Null;1;0;;mail20.dir
D;After Betty's mother Edna was divorced, she had to place three of her seven children in an orphanage. Betty was one of them. It took a year or so until things went better for Edna and she could take her children home.;childhood;mother;orphanage;;Null;1;0;;mail21.dir
D;Most of the fetish related negatives were destroyed during the harassment of the Klaw's by the government. The only way to see that stuff now, is the reprints in magazines and the prints in private possession. I am glad that I have some to show you.;fetish;magazine;;;Null;0;0;;mail66.dir
D;I'm glad that Betty is still around to enjoy her new found popularity and to receive some long overdue financial rewards for the great work she did back then. She did not receive anything until recently as she dropped out of sight in the late 50's.;revival;popular;;;Null;0;0;;mail67.dir
D;Camera clubs sometimes organized shootings at private apartments of a member. Some of the wildest stuff was shot there.;private;;;;Null;1;0;;bar1.dir
D;I think Betty was too much of a wanderer to be an office worker. After a few months she was bored sitting at a typewriter all day and she wanted to quit and go travel. That's why modeling suited her so well.;work;working life;;;Null;1;0;;naked1.dir
D;From 1950 to 1957 during Betty's modeling years in New York, she took several extended trips to Florida mainly to rest. But photographers would catch her. One of them was Bunny Yeager.;Florida;vacation;photographer;;Null;0;0;;sea1.dir
D;Yeager photographed Betty at Africa USA, a jungle-style zoo. She was posing nude and in costume with leopards. This famous shoot almost didn't happen, because the night before, Betty was seriously scared and didn't sleep. One of my favorites!;jungle;exotic;leopard;;Null;1;0;;jungle1.dir
D;I heard that Betty is still wearing her famous bangs. Can you imagine? Guess who discovered how different she looks with bangs? Jerry Tibbs, the photographer who discovered her in NY. He sweet talked her into that look. God bless him!;bangs;hairdo;;;Null;1;0;;bed1.dir
D;The Concorde Camera Circle was the first camera club Betty attended regularly. Art Amsie was one of the photographers who joined before he had his own club. Betty was hired as "the draw". When she was absent only a few photographers attended.;art amsie;;;;Null;1;0;;beach1.dir
D;Betty didn't want to lead the life her parents lived and education was the key to that. She graduated second in her high school class and went on to graduate from a teachers college in 1944 . Betty was also co-editor of her high school newspaper.;school;college;parents;;Null;1;0;;mail22.dir
D;Betty sometimes posed with her sister Goldie in the front yard of her mother's house. I can show you some real nice photos from this time. Just click to have a look at them.;sister;Goldie;;;Null;1;0;;mail23.dir
D;Betty married a boy she met at college. He was drafted into the Army and transferred to San Francisco. Betty joined him there soon after she graduated, but he was shipped overseas shortly after she arrived there.;San Francisco;married;;;Null;1;0;;mail24.dir
D;By 1944 all the men in Betty's life were at war. Brother Jimmie was a gunner's mate on a destroyer in the Pacific, and her youngest brother Jack was a cook on a destroyer escort.;brother;war;Jimmie;Jack;Null;1;0;;mail25.dir
D;In the 1940s career options for woman were limited. A young woman needed to decide whether to be a secretary, teacher or wife. Betty Page tried all three possibilities - simultaneously.;secretary;teacher;wife;work;Null;1;0;;mail26.dir
D;It took me quite a while to find it, but I own a photo showing Betty with a neighbor boy when she was still quite young. Unfortunately I don't know anything about their relationship. Maybe they didn't even kiss...;boy friend;teenager;kiss;;Null;1;0;;mail27.dir
D;All I know about Gladys is that she was Betty's sister in law. I'll send you another mail if I discover other facts on her.;Gladys;sister in law;family;;Null;1;0;;mail28.dir
D;Wow, I found a photo showing Betty only days before she moved to Manhattan and less than a month before her discovery as America's greatest pin-up. Doesn't she look like the real all-American girl living next door?;all-American;girl next door;discovery;past;Null;1;0;;mail29.dir
D;Since Betty never had pets I don't think that she had a special relation to animals, although I know that she went to the zoo quite often when she was a child. Let me show you a photo from a zoo visit.;animal;zoo;child;pets;Null;1;0;;mail30.dir
D;On a trip home to her family, Betty made a dress from fabric that her sister Joyce had intended to use for curtains - before Joyce's puppy chewed the edges.;private;Joyce;puppy;;Null;1;;;mail31.dir
D;After living in Miami and in Haiti for a short while, Betty moved to New York City in 1947. She made her living working as a secretary until the beginning of the new decade.;New York;Manhattan;Haiti;1947;Null;1;0;;mail32.dir
D;Today I have something really special for you: I discovered this weird service were they let you order a photo with Betty wearing your favorite underwear or bikini. Interested?;bikini;underwear;;;Null;1;0;;bikini.dir
D;Wow. I've got something exciting new for you. I met a person, who knows were Betty lives. He told that he interviewed her. And I know where you can find tapes from this interview to listen to.;interview;tape;nowadays;voice;Rund;1;0;tape;office.dir
D;When Betty was walking along the beach at Coney Island a photographer named Jerry Tibbs spotted her. He offered to put together a portfolio for Betty at no cost. Betty took him up on this, and her pin-up career was off to a start.;career start;Coney Island;Tibbs;photographer;Null;1;0;;nyBeach.dir
D;Art Amsie shot 3-D color slides of Betty. This was accomplished by a stereo camera, which takes two photographs simultaneously at slightly different angles.;color;3-D;color;;Null;0;0;;grass.dir
D;Betty put out the best she could whether she was posing for a star photographer or Joe Rumpelstiltskin. She seemed to enjoy modeling so much. If you ask me, her photos show her special relation with the camera.;modeling;;;;Null;0;0;;door2.dir
D;I guess, there could have been much more photos of Betty than there actually are. Some camera club photographers just looked through their camera lenses to catch a look at a pretty girl without a film in the camera. Strange, really strange...;camera club;obsession;;;Null;1;0;;naked2.dir
D;Betty won the title "Miss Pin-Up Girl of the World" for 1955. She won a big set of Revere kitchenware with all kinds of pots and pans and she claims that she has been happy about it. To be honest, I can hardly imagine Betty in a kitchen.;Miss World;;;;Null;1;0;;carpet.dir
D;Betty says that she remained close to her mother during the modeling years. She didn't know that Edna secretly collected her daughter's photographs. Years later Betty found a big stack of magazines in her mothers closet.;magazines;;;;Null;1;0;newsstand9;news.dir
D;Did you know that Irving Klaw sponsored a softball team? There is a photo from Betty wearing the jacket worn by this team. It's cute, you'll like it.;sport;sponsor;softball;;Null;1;0;;mail79.dir
D;Yes, Betty had fun with the Klaw's during the photo sessions. I can show you a photo where she's laughing with Irving after he put his foot through the prop steps.;;;;;Null;1;0;;mail80.dir
D;Betty sewed her own costumes. She didn't consider it very creative, as she claims the most creative thing she did was gardening. But her designs were copied by bikini manufacturers and I can show you nice examples of her home-made costumes.;costumes;home-made;bikini;;Null;1;0;;pose3.dir
D;I heard that Betty was never afraid when being tight up. It never lasted long and she trusted Paula who did the tying. But one scene frightened her when she had her feet off the ground and arms and legs spread apart. You wanna see it?;afraid;tight-up;tieing;;Null;1;0;;mail82.dir
D;It took a long time to get hold of it, but finally I can show you a rare outdoor scene, which the Klaw crew shot in a customers' garden. It's kind of obscure but I like it.;garden;outdoor;;;Null;1;0;;outdoor.dir
D;Betty played victim to the cruel Roz Greenwood, another favorite Klaw model in the loop "Betty Page in Chains". It's weird, have a look at it yourself.;chains;loop;;;Null;1;0;;tiger1.dir
D;Yeah, I like those photos where she's spanking or being spanked. You like an example?;spank;sado;maso;;Null;1;0;;clap2.dir
D;I think Betty is really beautiful in those wrestling pictures. Pain and pleasure are the twins. What do you think?;wrestle;wrestling;;;Null;1;0;;fight4.dir
D;Betty never smoked. But one of the nicest photos of her, shows her with a cigarette. Betty worked hard to keep her body athletic. She ate only natural food and didn't drink alcohol or coffee, she drank only milk and softdrinks.;smoking;alcohol;food;coffee;Null;1;0;;mail87.dir
D;"Varietease" was released 1954 and featured Betty in an Arabian costume. Who wouldn't like to be a Sultan when you see these photos!;costume;Arabian;Varietease;movie;Null;1;0;;mail88.dir
D;Betty posed for a specialty fetish magazine called "Focus on Betty Page". As it happens, or should I say: As it was meant to happen, I have a copy of that magazine. Take a look if you like.;fetish;;;;Null;1;0;;mail89.dir
D;From 1978 to 1980 J.B. Rund initiated the Betty Page publishing revival with four editions of "Private Peeks". He has some interesting things to say. Wanna hear an interview with him?;JB Rund;interview;;;Null;1;0;tape;office.dir
D;During the Klaw shootings Paula was the only one having permission to enter Betty's dressing room. Paula also did many of the shots of Betty. When you see that material, you can tell there was a special relationship between the two of them.;Paula;dressing;;;Null;1;0;;mail91.dir
D;Betty once got blackmail in '57. The sender tried to get photos from her. Also a camera club photographer tried to sell photos from Betty to magazines because he was in deep dept from betting on horses. I never would do things like that.;blackmail;;;;Null;1;0;;sofa1.dir
D;After her lessons at different bible schools and after teaching in a Sunday school, Betty aimed to do missionary work, but was refused whenever she applied. Not because she had been a pin-up model - but because she was divorced.;marriage;divorce;private life;model;Null;1;0;;ling1.dir
D;In '53 Betty went to an acting class in NY and her teacher encourage her to audition for the Moonbeam role in the Broadway production of Li'l Abner (a well known, classic American comic of the '50s), but she wasn't ambitious enough to go.;acting;career;Abner;;Null;1;0;;door1.dir
D;Betty had a collection of photos of herself but she lost it when she couldn't pay the rent for the storage space. At that time she had spent 4 months in a wheelchair and couldn't work. I wonder who has that stuff now. Do you have any idea?;collection;health;wheelchair;;Null;1;0;;fight1.dir
D;In the 70's Betty became the muse of painter Robert Blue, who did huge canvases of her. He already discovered her at the age of 7. The bad boy probably sneaked into his father's closet. I got hold of a photo he used as a template for his art.;Robert Blue;paint;canvas;;Null;1;0;;mail96.dir
D;You know that Irving had trouble with the law. So in order to not show any nudity, he often had his models wear two pairs of underwear. That's what I would call double-trouble.;nude;nudity;law;;Null;1;0;;dessous1.dir
D;Betty owned a fishing boat after she stopped modeling. She and her second husband planned to catch lobster to supply restaurants. But the business didn't work too well and so they terminated with a loss.;after;fishing;;;Null;1;0;;fish1.dir
D;There was a specialty magazine called "Betty Page Outdoors" showing pictures of her on the beach and in the water. I wish I could meet a girl like Betty on the beach.;beach;sea;magazine;outdoor;Null;1;0;;sea2.dir
D;It seems Betty liked posing outside on the beach and in the sun. She's looking real happy frolicking in her bikinis.;bikini;;;;Null;1;0;;sea1.dir
