Baby Tramp (1975) from Tuna |
Baby Tramp has been released under numerous titles in different versions. In the Seduction Cinema set of three films, it is called Butterflies. It's the third of a trilogy directed by Joe Sarno, produced by Chris D. Nebe, and starring the Swedish bombshell, Marie Forsa. Like the first two, it was shot in Germany, but in the English language. Producer Nebe felt that making it in English would increase the potential for international sales. He did have the original performers do a German dub. Neither Nebe nor Sarno wanted to make a hard core film, which they consider cinematically boring (I agree), yet they wanted the sex scenes to be believable. They decided that the sex scenes would all be real, but shot to avoid showing actual penetration and money shots. To make sure their actors were "up" to the task, they hired Harry Reems as the male lead, and Eric Edwards for the other male part. It was fairly common at the time to create a so called "soft X" version of hard core films, often only 10 minutes shorter than the XXX versions. As far as I know, this is the only soft X film shot solely for that purpose. (The XXX version circulating around the world was made after the fact, using hard core inserts, and was not approved by Sarno or Nebe.) Unfortunately, by 1975, theatrical soft core was becoming old news, replaced by hard core and direct to video, or the film would have done much better. The story is simple. Forsa lives with her aunt and uncle on a farm, but other than sex with her boy friend (Erik Edwards), she is bored to death and anxious to see the world, so she hitches her way to Munich. Along the way, she is picked up by a lingerie salesman, then by Harry Reems, who is a nightclub owner and a major heartbreaker. He strikes up relationships with woman after woman, but soon tires of them, and moves on to the next. Forsa becomes his flavor of the week, and falls for him, but she suffers the same fate as numerous other girls. It was almost as if this story was about the Reems character, although I am certain it was intended to focus on Forsa. The film was shot in Nebe's upscale Munich apartment while the Sarnos were staying there in a guest room. The other residents of the building, rather than being upset, showed up to watch the sex. It was shot in 35 mm, so there was a large crew, and the sex scenes were done without clearing the set. According to Nebe, and from what I saw, the orgasms were real, and Reems really outdid himself. Reems demonstrated all of his sexual prowess in probably the hottest sex I have seen on screen, and is often dripping with sweat by the end of a scene. |
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