Sadism in the Movies - Notes Over forty years ago I bought a book called "Sadism in the Movies" by George de Coulteray, published by the Medical Press in 1965. It was an English translation of his 1964 French book "Le sadisme au cine´ma," which according to the text on the dust jacket was "banned in the country in which it was written." The book is long out of print, but copies may still be found in used book shops or on eBay. The first 188 pages of the book are mostly text, but this is followed by a gallery of "documentary verification" consisting 254 pages of publicity stills from various films depicting scenes of violence. The preface to the gallery says that the American edition doubles the number of pictures by adding to those from the original edition. The photos are grouped into categories such as "Beating," "Slaps," and "Whips." (There are an additional 9 pages of stills scattered throughout the text section.) There is only one photo per page, so each still is fairly large. This is good because the quality of the printing is only on par with what you'd find in a newspaper and the photos are all in black and white. For unknown reasons, some of the stills were printed reversed. The pictures depict violence to both men and women and despite the title, a few of the stills are actually from TV shows. Unfortunately there is no index, none of the photos are identified on the pages on which they appear, and the pages in the gallery are not even numbered. Soon after I bought the book, I attempted to label the stills as best as I could and I also added page numbers to the gallery by continuing from where they left off. A few of the pictures I was able to identify from descriptions in the text, and others were familiar to me from having seen the actual films or from stills published in other books. However, most of the photos I could not identify at the time. Over the years, I was able to identify more and more pictures; I was especially helped with the arrival of the internet. I would like to share these pictures mainly for the benefit of other owners of this book and in the hope that others will be able to provide information about those stills that are currently unidentified. If the film was not produced by an American company, then the country/ies are indicated next to the production date. Also, in the case of foreign films, the American release title (if any) is given rather than the original. The photos are presented as they were printed in the book. Many of the film stills were printed as a mirror image, but they were not corrected. Any additional information or corrections will be greatly appreciated. Please send information, comments, and corrections to simresearcher@mail.com I would like to thank the users of the website IRememberThisMovie.com for their help in identifying some of these stills. ------- 2015-08-11 Update added the following IDs: Sadism in the Movies, p230 from The Camp on Blood Island (UK, 1958) Sadism in the Movies, p259 from Five Bold Women (1960) Sadism in the Movies, p334 from The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus (1962) (L-R) Sid Noel, John FerDon, Thomas George Sadism in the Movies, p439 from The Camp on Blood Island (UK, 1958), Ronald Radd whips Phil Brown 2015-09-26 Update added the following Sadism in the Movies, p221 from House of Women (1962).jpg [The word "MAYBE" can be removed] Sadism in the Movies, p317 from Gun Fight (1961) (standing L-R) Ron Soble, Joan Staley & Gregg Palmer.jpg Sadism in the Movies, p329 from Carnival in Flanders (Fr, 1935) Micheline Cheirel.jpg Sadism in the Movies, p363 from Ravaged (1964) aka After Mein Kampf (1961).jpg Sadism in the Movies, p378 from Pay Or Die! (1960) John Duke (rear), Bruno Della Santina (center).jpg Sadism in the Movies, p427 from Guilt is My Shadow (UK, 1950) Elizabeth Sellars.jpg Sadism in the Movies, p434 from Viva Villa! (1934).jpg Sadism in the Movies, p437 from House of Women (1962).jpg