The Scarlet Empress (1934). D: Josef von Sternberg. C: Marlene Dietrich, Sam Jaffe.
Screaming Mimi (1958). D: Gerd Oswald. C: Anita Ekberg, Phil Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee.
Sex (1920). D: Fred Niblo. C: Louise Glaum, Irving Cummings.
Sextette (1978). D: Ken Hughes. C: Mae West.
Shanghai Express (1932). D: Josef von Sternberg. C: Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland.
The Shanghai Gesture (1941). D: Josef von Sternberg. C: Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Walter Huston.
She Done Him Wrong (1933). D: Lowell Sherman. C: Mae West, Cary Grant.
She Walks by Night, a.k.a. The Truth About Rosemarie (1959). D: Rudolf jugert. C: Belinda Lee, Walter Rilla.
Sheba, Baby (1975). D: William Girdler. C: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker.
Shoot ’Em Up (2007). D: Michael Davis. C: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci.
Sign of the Pagan (1954). D: Douglas Sirk. C: Allison Hayes, Jack Palance.
Spawn (1997). D: Mark Dippe. C: Michael Jai White, Melinda Clarke, John Leguizamo.
The Specialist (1994). D: Luis Llosa. C: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, James Woods.
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003). D: Jacques Rivette. C: Emmanuelle Béart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). D: Lewis Milestone. C: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas.
The Strange Woman (1946). D: Edgar G. Ulmer. C: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward.
The Sun Also Rises (1957). D: Henry King. C: Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn.
Sundown (1941). D: Henry Hathaway. C: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders.
Superboy (TV Series). C: Sybil Danning, Gerard Christopher.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1931). D: Robert Z. Leonard. C: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable.
Swann in Love (1984). D: Volker Schlondorff. C: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon.
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981). D: Marco Ferreri. C: Ornella Muti, Ben Gazzara.
Teacher’s Pet, a.k.a. Devil in the Flesh II (2000). D: Marcus Spiegel. C: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Jsu Garcia.
The Temptress (1926). D: Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller. C: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno.
The Ten Commandments (1923). D: Cecil B. DeMille. C: Nita Naldi, Rod La Rocque, Richard Dix.
Terror of the Red Mask (1960). D: Luigi Capuano. C: Lex Barker, Chelo Alonso, Liana Orfei.
They’re Playing with Fire (1984). D: Howard Avedis. C: Sybil Danning, Eric Brown, Andrew Prine.
The Thief of Bagdad (1924). D: Raoul Walsh. C: Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong.
The Three Musketeers (1916). D: Charles Swickard. C: Louise Glaum, Orrin Johnson.
Timecode (2000). D: Mike Figgis. C: Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, Saffron Burrows.
Tobacco Road (1941). D: John Ford. C: Ward Bond, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews.
Total Recall (1990). D: Paul Verhoeven. C: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone.
Trouble Every Day (2001). D: Claire Denis. C: Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Gallo.
True Lies (1994). D: James Cameron. C: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tia Carrere.
2046 (2004). D: Kar Wai Wong. C: Li Gong, Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang.
Two and a Half Men (TV Series). C: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Charlie Sheen.
Ugly Betty (TV Series). C: Salma Hayek, America Ferrara.
The Undead (1957). D: Roger Corman. C: Allison Hayes, Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland.
Under Suspicion (2000). D: Stephen Hopkins. C: Gene Hackman, Monica Bellucci, Morgan Freeman.
Unfaithfully Yours (1948). D: Preston Sturges. C: Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison.
Valerie (1957). D: Gerd Oswald. C: Anita Ekberg, Sterling Hayden.
Vampires: Out for Blood (2004). D: Richard Brandes. C: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Kevin Dillon, Vanessa Angel.
Vision of the Sabbath (1988). D: Marco Bellocchio. C: Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow.
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990). D: Ettore Scola. C: Ornella Muti, Emmanuelle Béart.
War and Peace (1956). D: King Vidor. C: Henry Fonda, Anita Ekberg, Audrey Hepburn.
Watching the Detectives (2007). D: Paul Soter. C: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu.
White Cargo (1942). D: Richard Thorpe. C: Walter Pidgeon, Hedy Lamarr, Richard Carlson.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). D: Mike Nichols. C: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal.
The Wife of My Father (1968). D: Armando Bo. C: Isabel Sarli, Armando Bo, Victor Bo.
The Wild Party (1929). D: Dorothy Arzner. C: Clara Bow, Fredric March.
The Woman and the Puppet, a.k.a. A Woman Like Satan (1959). D: Julien Duvivier. C: Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Lila Kedrova.
The Woman Without a Soul (1944). D: Fernando de Fuentes. C: Maria Félix, Fernando Soler.
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series). C: Melinda Clarke, Lucy Lawless.
xXx (2002). D: Rob Cohen. C: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento.
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957). D: Edward L. Cahn. C: Allison Hayes, Gregg Palmer.
Selected Bibliography
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Dijkstra, Bram. Evil Sisters. New York: Holt and Company, 1998.
Dijkstra, Bram. Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Haskell, Molly. From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974.
LaSalle, Nick. Complicated Women. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000.
Lederer, Wolfgang. The Fear of Women. New York: HBJ Books, 1968.
Rosen, Marjorie. Popcorn Venus. New York: Avon Books, 1973.
Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Vintage, 1979.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to David Chierichetti, Timothy Otto, and Lee Sanders for photos and posters from their personal archives. Thanks also to Alain Silver for advice and technical assistance.
Movie and television photos and posters are reproduced courtesy of Anchor Bay, New World, New Line, UFA, Alliance Atlantis, Columbia, Sony, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, Warner Bros., Clasa Films Mundiales, Universal, AIP, Allied Artists, United Artists, Trimark, Magnolia Pictures, Embassy Pictures, Canal +, Spelling TV, Fox Lorber, Cocinor, DEG, Miramax, HBO Pictures, Faso Film, Dimension Films, Palm Pictures, Fidélité Productions, Lolafilms, IFC Films, Medallion Pictures, and Goldwyn Films.
Index
Affairs of Antatol, The
Alexander
Ally McBeal
Alonso, Chelo
Alraune (1928)
Alraune (1930)
America’s Sweethearts
Amok
And God Created Woman
Atlantide, L’, a.k.a. Mistress of Atlantis, a.k.a. Queen of Atlantis
Argento, Asia
Ask the Dust
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
B. Monkey
Baby Face
Ball of Fire
Ballistic
Bandidas
Bara, Theda
Bardot, Brigitte
Barefoot Contessa, The
Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct II
Beart, Emmanuelle
Bella Donna
Belle Starr
Bellucci, Monica
Beowulf
Betty Blue
Beverly Hills Copulator
Beyond the Forest
Black Sunday, a.k.a. Mask of the Demon
Blackout, The
Blade
Blood and Sand (1922)
Blood and Sand (1941)
Blood and Sand (1989)
Blood Sabbath
Blue Angel, The
Boarding Gate, The
Boccaccio ’70—“The Temptation Dr. Antonio,”
Boom Town
Bordertown
Bow, Clara
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Brat, The
Brotherhood of the Wolf, The
Brooks, Louise
Brothers Grimm, The
Call Her Savage
Camille (1917)
Camille (1921)
Camille (1936)
Carmen
Carmen, a.k.a. Gypsy Blood
Carrere, Tia
Casino
Cat in the Cage
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Catherine the Great
Catwoman
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Charmed
Chicago
Chicago Syndicate
Chu–Chin–Chow
Clarke, Melinda
Cleopatra (1917)
Cleopatra (1963)
Cobra
Coffy
Crime of Passion
Cry–Baby
CSI
Curse of the Golden Flower
Dalle, Beatrice
Dangerous
Dangerous to Know
Daniels, Bebe
Danning, Sybil
Darnell, Linda
Date with an Angel
Daughter of the Dragon
Davis, Bette
Deathlands
Desperado
Devil Is a Woman, The
La devoradora
Dietrich, Marlene
Disembodied, The
Dishonored
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
La dolce vita
Don Juan, a.k.a. If Dora Juan Were a Woman
Double Indemnity
Ecstasy
8 ½
Ekberg, Anita
Emperor and the Assassin, The
Entrapment
Eros
Fallen Angel
Fast Food
Felix, Maria
Femme et le Pantin, La, a.k.a. Woman Like Satan, A
Fiebre
File on Thelma Jordon, The
Final Inquiry, The
Fine Gold
Flash Gordon
Flesh and the Devil
Fool There Was, A
Fools Rush In
Forever Amber
42nd Street
Four Musketeers, The
Foxfire
Foxy Brown
Frida
From Dusk Till Dawn
Fuego
Garbo, Greta
Garden of Allah, The
Gardner, Ava
Generala, La
Gia
Gilda
Girl from Trieste, The
Girl, Interrupted
Glaum, Louise
Gloria
Goddess of Love, a.k.a. Venus of Cheronea
Grier, Pam
Grindhouse—“Werewolf Women of the SS,”
Gunslinger
Hangover Square
Harlow, Jean
Hayek, Salma
Hayes, Allison
Hayworth, Rita
Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, The
Hell’s Angels
Helm, Brigitte
High Fidelity
Hypnotic Eye, The
How Much Do You Love Me?
Howling II
Hula
Ilsa series (1975–1977)
I’m No Angel
Inside
Intolerable Cruelty
It
Jezebel
Jolie, Angelina
Joseph and His Brethren
Ju Dou
Kill Bill
Killer Tongue, The
Killers, The
Klondike Annie
Kull the Conqueror
Lady Eve, The
Lady from Shanghai, The
Lamarr, Hedy
Last Mistress, The, a.k.a. Old Mistress, The
Last Woman,The
Laura
Leave Her to Heaven
Lee, Belinda
Li, Gong
Little Foxes, The
Liu, Lucy
Lonely Hearts
Long Hair of Death, The
Lords, Traci
Love Is My Profession, a.k.a. En cas de malheur
Lovers of the Outer Tomb, The, a.k.a. Faceless Monster, The
Loves of Carmen, The
Maciste in the Land of the Cyclops
Maciste in the Valley of the Kings, a.k.a. Son of Samson
Madame Du Barry (1917)
Madame Du Barry (1919)
Malena (2000)
Maltese Falcon, The
Manon of the Spring
Mantrap
Marie Antoinette
Married with Children
Mata Hari
Matrix Reloaded, The
Matrix Revolutions, The
Memoirs of a Geisha
Messalina (1951)
Messalina (1960)
Metropolis
Miami Vice
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Mogambo
Mongols, The
Morocco
Most Beautiful Wife, The
Mujer de mi padre (The Wife of My Father)
Muti, Ornella
My Teacher’s Wife
Naldi, Nita
Nathalie
Nazimova, Alla
Negri, Pola
Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
New Rose Hotel
New Wave Hookers
Night After Night
Nights of Lucretia Borgia, The
NiplTuck
O.C., The
Of Human Bondage
O’Keefe, Jodi Lyn
Original Sin
Parisian Love
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora’s Box
Paris Holiday
Passion of the Christ, The
Payback
Phantom, The
Piccadilly
Pit and the Pendulum
Place in the Sun, A
Point of Terror
Prison Break
Public Enemy, The
Queen of the Tartars
Raintree County
Reaching for the Moon
Reckless
Red Dust
Red Hair
Red Rover
Red–Headed Woman
Relic Hunter
Repetition, La
Return of the Living Dead III,
Return of the Native
Return to Two Moon Junction
Rio Rita
Rise
Road of the Giants, The, a.k.a. Valley of the Damned
Salome (1918)
Salome (1923)
Samson and Delilah
Sappho
Sarli, Isabel
Scarlet Diva
Scarlet Empress, The
Screaming Mimi
Sex
Sextette
Shanghai Express
Shanghai Gesture, The
She Done Him Wrong
She Walks by Night, a.k.a. Truth About Rosemarie, The
Sheba, Baby
Shoot ’Em Up
Sign of the Pagan
Spawn
Specialist, The
Stanwyck, Barbara
Steele, Barbara
Stone, Sharon
Story of Marie and Julien, The
Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The
Strange Woman, The
Sun Also Rises, The
Sundown
Superboy
Susan Lenox
Swann in Love
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Taylor, Elizabeth
Teacher’s Pet, a.k.a. Devil in the Flesh II
Temptress, The
Ten Commandments, The
Terror of the Red Mask
They’re Playing with Fire
Thief of Bagdad, The
Tierney, Gene
Thorne, Dyanne
Three Musketeers, The
Timecode
Tobacco Road
Total Recall
Trouble Every Day
> True Lies
2046
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Undead, The
Under Suspicion
Unfaithfully Yours
Valerie
Vampires: Out for Blood
Vision of the Sabbath
Voyage of Captain Fracassa, The
War and Peace
Watching the Detectives
West, Mae
White Cargo
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Wild Party, The
Woman Without a Soul, The
Wong, Anna May
xXx
Xena: Warrior Princess
You’re Killing Me, a.k.a. Killing Club, The
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
Zombies of Mora Tau
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