C. Davis Smith
Camera
Biography
"Somebody asked me to write a book about my experiences. I was gonna title it: "Twenty Years in the Porn Business, and I Never Got Laid." Sadly it's a true story!" Exploitation movie jack-of-all-trades Charles Davis Smith was born on June 18, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a tour of duty in the US Air Force, Smith began his cinematic career in the industrial film business in the 1950s. He went on to shoot, edit, direct, write, and even act in numerous low-budget softcore sexploitation features made throughout the 1960s. After a stint working in mainstream television, Smith returned to his trash film roots and shot a handful of hardcore porn movies made in and around New York City in the 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his work as a cinematographer on a string of films for legendary Do-It-Yourself maverick schlock cinema auteur Doris Wishman, among them Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), Another Day, Another Man (1966), Deadly Weapons (1974), Double Agent 73 (1974), Satan Was a Lady (1975) and A Night to Dismember (1983). In addition, he also shot movies for such directors as Victor Milt, Cecil Howard, and Zebedy Colt. Moreover, Smith edited music videos for The Manhattans, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Run-D.M.C.. He provided lively, entertaining, and illuminating commentaries on DVD reissues of assorted enjoyably down'n'dirty grindhouse features that he worked on in various capacities during his colorful and impressive East Coast underground cinema career. Smith died at age 87 on September 20, 2017.
Known For
A surgically enhanced super-spy is sent to dismantle a heroin ring, snapping photos of every kill with a camera hidden in her breasts - only to discover the man she’s falling for is the target she’s been hunting all along.
Double Agent 73
In order to collect a $3 million inheritance, sisters Ginny, Sandy and Nancy must avenge their spy mother's death.
The Immoral Three
After the mob hits a guy with a list, one of the hoods keeps the list to blackmail its inhabitants. When he’s found out to be a double-crosser, they off him, angering his busty girlfriend. She goes after them using the only two weapons she has.
Deadly Weapons
On the run after dispatching her rapist, homemaker Ellen flees to the Big City, where further misfortunes befall her. When she finally finds stability, she discovers that her landlady's son is a detective, threatening her newfound identity and peace of mind.
Bad Girls Go to Hell
A young woman arrives in New York City from Ohio, determined to make it in the big city, but finds herself on a dark path to make ends meet.
The Sex Perils of Paulette
Zeb finds a doll and a ring in a garbage can. Then, he sees Ann going to work with her friend Babs. He thinks she looks like the doll. When he gets home, he caresses the doll... Ann feels it! When Zeb finds out about Ann's fiance Tom, he really gets mad, burns the doll, and beats it up, which makes Ann think she's losing her mind.
Indecent Desires
A nice guy turns murderous after undergoing a penis transplant.
The Amazing Transplant
A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.
A Night to Dismember
After earning his degree through a correspondence course, Stanley uses his newfound knowledge to help his neighbors reignite the flames of passion. Little does anyone realize that their most intimate moments are all eye candy for the lonely maintenance man who has open access to the entire building.
Keyholes Are for Peeping
A shy high school senior (Paralta) finds a magic locket that will allow her to trade one physical feature with anyone she murders.
Each Time I Kill
Naïve small town Indiana gal Sally arrives in New York City to attend college. While in New York Sally lives with four more worldly and uninhibited female roommates, goes to wild swinging parties, and falls for both a college professor and a young athletics major. Complications ensue after Sally discovers that she's pregnant.
Hot Nights on the Campus
This exploitation flesh feature finds three couples carrying on erotic adventures on board a pleasure-cruising yacht.
Scorpio '70
A "modeling agency" in New York City is the setting for this outrageous erotic romp where men and women will do anything to satisfy their wildest carnal cravings.
The Sexploiters
In order to dissuade her younger sister from following her example, a prostitute relates the experiences she's had with all the sick weirdos she comes into contact with.
All My Men
A man's wife starts having an affair with her brother-in-law, who is temporarily staying at their apartment.
My Brother's Wife
Nishika 3D cameras were the inexpensive cousins to the Nimslo 3D cameras made in the mid to late 1980's (the Nimslo cameras used glass lenses, while the Nishika ones used plastic lenses). The cameras used regular 35mm film that captured 4 simultaneous images onto 2 frames of film. These images were printed onto photo stock with a lenticular surface bonded to it which allowed 3D to be seen without glasses, like the old kids story books with the 3D covers. The basic 3D camera kit came with this VHS instructional video that was hosted by Vincent Price. It was one of the last things he did.
Step Into the Third Dimension
Kaleidoscope of forbidden pleasures and passions.
Banned
Sex film about a series of case study sketches collected by a man studying abnormal sexual behavior.
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
A photographer tries to show us in the audience how to make a nudie-cutie, only for everything to go totally wrong.
Crazy Wild and Crazy
A male escort spirals into chaos as he navigates the dark underbelly of his hedonistic world, battling addiction and violent encounters, ultimately confronting the cost of his choices in a desperate bid for redemption.