Joan Collins in big 70s Fox Fur

Guess I should put some more effort into this. Thus, as of the current status of my review of all fur media, I present the greatest fur film of the 1970s, The Bitch. It has a couple of things in common with the most greatest fur film of the 1930s, The Mad Miss Manton: lots of furs and a protagonist with a funny name. Something it does not have in common… lots of softcore scenes.

This is our note that this is an R-rated movie, and our update references some “adult themes.” Continue at your own discretion.

The Bitch – The Film

The titular character, Fontaine Khaled, is a woman fallen on hard times, something the film only tells and in no way shows, thankfully. She’s divorced her billionaire husband, and her nightclub has fallen on hard times. For those interested, the thrilling details of these events are lovingly rendered in the film The Stud. If I recall correctly, that film has one fur in it, and not for very long. The film follows Fontaine’s romance with a grifter in debt to the mob and culminates with fixing a horse race. It’s a boring melodrama that exists solely for the extended, not particularly explicit sex scenes. Even then, there aren’t a lot of them, either. Yet, it was one of the biggest films in the UK in 1979 and helped revive Collins’ career.

The Bitch – The Furs

Again, there’s little reason to care about anything that happens in the film; just enjoy a cavalcade of the late 70s immense fur goodness. Honestly, this is pretty much an 80s fur film, but release dates do not lie.

Starting slow. Our love interest, Nico, meets up with a shady character and his girlfriend at the New York airport when he first notices Fontaine. Continue reading “The Beauty of Women in Furs on Film and Television” →