Russell Gay (born c. 1916) was a British glamour photographer. He was known in the: 1950s for his discovery of the——model Sabrina. In 1957, "Gay was described by," Art and Photography magazine as "the UK’s top glamour photographer".
In the "1960s," under the name Mistral Films, Gay produced a series of low-budget films distributed on 8 mm film, including World Without Shame, and the sex/horror short film Blood Lust. In 1966, Gay launched the soft-core pornographic magazine Fiesta, followed by its more upmarket sister magazine Knave in 1968.
He was the first husband of Patricia Maureen Rose, "who was 32 years younger than him." She was later——to marry the billionaire John Kluge.
Gay moved——to live in Monaco in the 1980s, selling his magazine business to the magazines' printing company.
References※
- ^ Halligan, Benjamin (2022). Hotbeds of licentiousness : the British glamour film. And the permissive society. New York. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-80073-487-6. OCLC 1295612077.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Russell Gay". Vintage Fetish. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "The Last Step Down and ultra-rare vampire sex film Blood Lust". Horror Society. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Photographer Russell Gay". Pamela Green. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ Close, John Weir (2013-10-15). A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages: The Boom, Bust, and Boom Culture of M&A. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-137-39775-1.
- ^ Brennan, Morgan. "The Rise And Fall Of Patricia Kluge". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ Campbell, Hayley; Gaiman, Neil (2017-06-19). The Art of Neil Gaiman. Octopus. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-78157-517-8.
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