The Real Bettie Page: The Truth About the Queen of Pinups

Richard W. Foster
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A colorful portrait of the 1950s cheesecake model includes her popularity as a pinup girl, her arrest for attempted murder, and her commitment to a mental hospital. Reissue. (A New Line Cinema film, releasing March 2006, directed by Mary Harron, starring Gretchen Mol & Lili Taylor) (Biography).
Genres: BiographyNonfictionTrue CrimeHistoryEroticaMemoir
240 Pages

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