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Questa piccola pagina vuole essere un mio tributo personale alla grande Bettie Page, leggendaria PinUp, o per la precisione... la regina delle PinUp. Lascio lo spazio alle immagini, e ad una breve  crono istoria in inglese, perche solo le immagini possono rendere l'idea della portata del fenomeno Betty.

Betty Page

1923 Betty Page is born on April
22nd in Nashville, Tennessee as Bettie
Mae Page. Her parents are Edna and
Roy Page.

1937/38 Death of her father.

1937-1940 Hume-Fogg High School.
After initial difficulties, Betty becomes
a model pupil working for the school
newspaper and theatre group. She
passes her school-leaving exams with
flying colours and says she wants to
he a singer with a big orchestra.

up to 1944 Peabody College. studying
English with a social sciences subsidiary.
Graduates with distinction.

1944 Works for a while as an English
teacher. Tries in vain for a Hollywood
contract. Moves to San Francisco with
her sister.

1947 In San Francisco she meets her
first husband and moves to Pittsburgh
with him. Their marriage soon founders.

1948-1950 In the lite '40s she goes to
New York. With Broadway in mind,
she takes acting classes. Begins to pose
for ~camera clubs~ and Robert Harrison's
~girlie magazines~.

1951 Betty is still one model among
many, and her real name does not appear
in captions. At the end of the
year, probably, she meets Irving KIaw.

1952 Betty is on the cover of KIaw's
Cartoon and Model Parade No.53.
At a camera club shoot in the country,
Betty and all involved including
the well-known photographer Weegee
are arrested for causing a public nuisauce.

1953 Betty is now Irving Kiaw's top
model. Photos, films and comic strips
featuring her sell fast. »Strip-o-Rama«
is premiered at the Rialto Theatre,
New York - a burlesque revue in which
Betty appears with dancer Lily St. Cyr.

The success of the film (produced by
Martin Lewis) impresses Irving KIaw
so much that he decides to make full-length
colour films too.

1954 KIaw produces Varietease,
again starring Lily St. Cyr and Betty.
In Florida, where Betty often spends
holidays with her sister and works for
local photographers, she meets Bunny
Yeager, an ex-model now embarking
on a new career as photographer.

1955 Betty is a  Playboy  centrefold.
photographed by Bunny Yeager.
Klaw's second film, Teaserama~ is
realised. The Senate begins its
investigations into Irving KIaw's sales of
photographs that could corrupt young
people.

1956 Betty still hopes to star on
Broadway one day. She acts in dramaschool
productions and in Long Island
summer theatre. At the end of the year
she terminates her work with Irving
KIaw.

1957 Betty does camera club work
for a while longer, then leaves New
York. Her present whereabouts in
America are unknown.

 

Betty Photo

Betty Photo 2

Betty Photo 3

Betty Photo 4

Betty Photo 5

Bye Betty

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