The Reincarnation of Isabel
Consumer DVD Review [Top] The Italian title of this 1972 film is Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento, which I mention because that title is much more accurate that The Reincarnation of Isabel. Director Renator Polselli is rather infamous for his sleazy films designed to titillate audiences & inflame the Catholic Church. This film offers almost non-stop naked breasts amidst whippings, impalings, torture, sadistic sex & satanic orgies. The Reincarnation of Isabel is set in modern times, with flashbacks to the previous lives of the characters when they engaged in non-stop debauchery. Rita Calderoni plays the title characters, known as Laureen in her current reincarnation. This DVD was not made from a first-rate copy, which makes sense since this is such glossed up sleaze. This letterboxed film is in Italian & has English subtitles. The trailer is almost better than the movie, but the made for video prologue runs way too long.
Biography: Mickey Hargitay [Top] Mickey Hargitay was Mr. Universe in 1955. He fled Hungary in 1947 to escape the compulsory Soviet military draft. He settled in Cleveland, where he met & married his first wife & worked as a plumber & carpenter. He was inspired to bodybuilding after seeing a magazine cover of Steve Reeves, famed for playing Hercules. After winning Mr. Universe, he joined Mae West s muscleman revue at New Yorks Latin Quarter. The story goes when Jayne Mansfield s dinner companion asked her what she wanted the evening they caught the show, she quipped, Ill have a steak & the man on the left. Ms. West, never to be outdone, tried to break up the attention-grabbing couple, but failed. They married on January 13, 1958 after his divorce became final. Their 3 children include Mariska Hargitay. He remodeled much of his & Mansfields Beverly Hills mansion, The Pink Palace, building its famous heart-shaped pool. In November 2002, the house was razed by its owner.
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