An Almost Perfect Affair 1979  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Keith Carradine, Monica Vitti, Raf Vallone, Christian De Sica, Dick Anthony Williams, Anna Maria Horsford, Henri Garcin, Katya Berger, Brooke Shields, George Peppard, Farrah Fawcett, Marco Ferreri, Edy Williams, Sergio Leone, Paul Mazursky
A young American filmmaker, Hal Raymond (Keith Carradine), heads for the Cannes Film Festival with his new film. After the film is confiscated by French customs, Hal gets help from an Italian filmmaker's wife Maria Barone (Monica Vitti)–all of which leads to an affair. But their romance will be tested and prove to be "An Almost Perfect Affair" that is could be doomed.
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 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 NC-17, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Russ Meyer
Cast: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John Lazar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Charles Napier, Erica Gavin, Harrison Page, Duncan McLeod, James Inglehart, Henry Rowland, Princess Livingston, Phyllis Davis
A female rock trio tries to make it big in Hollywood in this film featuring all the decadence that could get by the censors.
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Good Times 1967 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Sonny Bono, Cher, George Sanders, Norman Alden, Larry Duran, Kelly Thordsen, Lennie Weinrib, Edy Williams, James Flavin, Charles Smith, China Lee, Diane Haggerty, Peter Robbins, Phil Arnold, Hank Worden
In this movie about making a movie, Sonny and Cher play themselves as they plan to make a musical. They have been offered roles in a film, but the script is terrible, and Sonny tries to write a better script. Songs include "I've Got You Babe," "It's the Little Things," "Good Times," "Trust Me," "Don't Talk to Strangers," "I'm Gonna Love You," and "Just a Name."
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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington 1977  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Levey
Cast: Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston, Jack Carter, Phil Foster, Billy Barty, Adam West, David White, Will Hutchins, Joe E. Ross, Louisa Moritz, Larry Storch, Rip Taylor, Harold Sakata, Edy Williams
The happy hooker, Xaviera Hollander (Joey Heatherton), heads for Washington, D.C. where she testifies before Congress to defend her lifestyle and, in the process, becomes involved in CIA intrigue.
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The Naked Kiss 1964  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Iron Kiss
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey, Patsy Kelly, Betty Bronson, Marie Devereux, Karen Conrad, Linda Francis, Barbara Perry, Bill Sampson, Sheila Mintz, Patricia Gayle, Edy Williams, George Spell
After a brutal fight with her pimp, prostitute Kelly (Constance Towers) heads for a small town and a new life. A trick with a man (Anthony Eisley), who happens to be the sheriff–and who knows all about her–makes her decide to find honest work. She takes a job as a nurse's aide caring for handicapped children and meets a respected man (Michael Dante). She tells him about her past, which he accepts, and they become engaged. But Kelly soon finds out that he has his own, even worse, secrets. Another of Samuel Fuller's intense films.
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Rented Lips 1988 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Downey Jr., Mel Welles, Shelley Berman, Edy Williams, June Lockhart, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Brennan, Pat McCormick, Michael Horse, Eric Bruskotter
When filmmakers Archie Powell and Charlie Slater (Martin Mull and Dick Shawn) find that their talents are not appreciated in the field of documentaries, they begin work on a porno movie and meet with many obstacles.
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The Secret Life of an American Wife 1968 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Axelrod
Cast: Walter Matthau, Anne Jackson, Patrick O'Neal, Edy Williams, Richard Bull, Paul Napier, Gary Brown, Albert Carrier, Cristie E. Hall, Todd Baron, Joe Corey, Monte Mansfield, Andy Jarrell, Hugh Franklin, Ralph Roberts
When Victoria Layton (Anne Jackson) feels she has turned into a bored and dowdy housewife, she decides to create excitement in her life by becoming a call girl. As luck would have it, her first customer is a movie star (Walter Matthau) who is also the friend and client of her husband, Tom (Patrick O'Neal).
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| 1. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
2. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
3. Good Times (1967)
4. The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
5. The Naked Kiss (1964)
aka: The Iron Kiss
6. Rented Lips (1988)
7. The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
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