While he's being all funny and nervous, tripping over his pants in excitement, she's adorable and giggly. Charming interaction and superb chemistry highlight this sparkling encounter that rightfully plays to the performers' strengths. Luscious Loni actively takes part next in the Nina Franks shrine sequence with Richard Pacheco as a doting fan mistakes her for a famous actress and requests her to model a lacy bit of lingerie she wore in "her last film with Al Pacino". I particularly like Tigr acting all flabbergasted by the movie, effectively leading into Lynx's masterful seduction of her inexperienced girlfriend. Burd, Anna Turner and an uncredited Shaun Costello), the action on screen is mirrored by Tigr and Lynx Canon (a/k/a "Jean Damage" from Fred Lincoln's SAME TIME, EVERY YEAR) in a tremendous Sapphic number. When a freshly developed home movie turns out to be a porno loop (featuring, for the record, Phaery I. The letters and parcels they deposit provide the set-up for the various erotic episodes. Overworked postal delivery person Barbara Cohen (Loni Sanders) barely has time for a quickie with fellow postie Jesse Adams, the guy on the boat with Sharon Kane in SMALL TOWN GIRLS, before both have to rush out for their daily delivery rounds. I'm not even going to mention "11" or LADIES NIGHT ! The premise is simplicity itself. PLEASE MR POSTMAN and MEMPHIS CATHOUSE BLUES would share a close second place, well ahead of TRASHI, BRIEF AFFAIR and HER WICKED WAYS. Being a huge Veronica Hart fan, I would personally place TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING (taking its title from a syrupy Diana Ross ballad) at the top of my list. Their mainstream knockoff 8 TO 4 (take a wild guess !) may have been their most financially rewarding title but was somewhat overrated by both fans and critics alike at the time. Their frugally produced features frequently looked as though they'd spent a budget several times bigger than they actually had thanks to their photography and editing skills. Not that the Lewis Brothers represented some kind of industry nadir, far from it. To put it bluntly, if performers wanted to put bread on the table, they couldn't afford being picky about the projects they appeared in. What people often seem to forget about the Golden Age is that both the talent pool and number of films produced was but a minuscule fraction of what we have today. The fact that they always managed to get hold of some of the biggest names in the business certainly didn't hurt matters either. Producer Elliot started the whole myth, engaging various friends to pose as "brother" Louie and "sister" Joann, making their way across the US of A to shoot cheap 'n' cheerful carnal quickies that made good many times on their initial investment. One of the lesser known "Lewis Brothers" flicks also proves to be one of their best.
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