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Backgrounder: Mundell Lowe 'Satan in High Heels,' '61

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Marc Myers
Jan 31, 2025
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Back in the early 1960s, if you opened a tabloid newspaper in New York like the Post or Daily News, you often saw small ads for risque films that were strictly for adults. These were the pre-ratings years, when kids were only allowed in to see Disney films and similar fare.

The films I'm referring to weren't sexually graphic but they were highly suggesti…

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