In FANNY HILL, a young naive girl (Leticia Roman) is taken in by the matriarchal figure of a brothel (Miriam Hopkins) in 18th century London. This was a black & white film for Meyer and it looks nice on this new Blu-ray. It's a comedy of manners of sorts, but with the Meyer sensibility about it. I must admit that FANNY was a Meyer film I had never heard of prior to this release, so it's always cool to see a less known entry like this get a good transfer. It is intriguing to me to see screwball film star Miriam Hopkins in this movie, a full 32 years after her classic turn in Ernst Lubitsch's TROUBLE IN PARADISE. FANNY was released in 1964, the same year as his much note well known film LORNA. He kicked off his film career with the nudist comedy, THE IMMORAL MR. TEAS in 1959 and great financial success (it cost less than $25,000 and grossed $1 million). In 1965, Meyer would go on to direct MUDHONEY and perhaps his most famous feature, the cult classic FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
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