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The Exotic Ones

That Fabulous Film-Making Family from Music City, USA - The Ormonds
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June. Ron. Tim. Together they were the Ormond Organization, a Nashville mother-father son trio who cranked out a wild bunch of movies, from Lash LaRue westerns to the stripper-gore-musical outrage The Exotic Ones, then finally... Baptist extravaganzas. The Ormonds plunged into every area of showbiz, from vaudeville to drive-in movies to Christian filmmaking. They did it all on a shoestring - by themselves, with no studio to back them. Theirs was a glittery world like no other. Populated by inebriated cowboys... spook-show mentalists... non-acting country stars... UFO testifiers... men in gorilla suits... egocentric magicians... fire-breathing, mud-wrestling ex-strippers... sweaty preachers... rockabilly monsters... pint-sized evangelists. Not to mention a con artist or ten. At the height of their frenzied career Ron and June experienced a spiritual awakening after their private plane crashed on the way to a premiere. The Ormonds turned their back on secular show business to make a ser

Author Biography:

Jimmy McDonough is a biographer and journalist. He has written biographies of Neil Young, Tammy Wynette, Al Green, Russ Meyer and Andy Milligan. TIME magazine declared his Milligan biography The Ghastly One "a masterpiece" and John Waters repeatedly names it one of his all-time favorites. McDonough has also authored profiles on Jimmy Scott, Gary Stewart, Hubert Selby, Jr. and Link Wray.
Release date Australia
August 24th, 2023
Pages
360
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
360 Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
305x343x38
ISBN-13
9781913051181
Product ID
36605246

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