California Infernal: Anton LaVey & Jayne Mansfield
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Author: Fischer, Walter
Movie star Jayne Mansfield and notorious Satanist Anton LaVey met in 1966, and soon developed a strong public friendship.German paparazzo Walter Fischer, stationed in Hollywood and catering to image- and scandal-hungry photo magazines all over the world, was ever present at their meetings. Fischer's collection of photos takes us straight into the ritual chamber of the Church of Satan in LaVey's infamous “black house” in San Francisco, as well as into Mansfield's “pink palace.”We also get to follow LaVey on excursions to his friend Forrest “Famous Monsters of Filmland” Ackerman, to Marilyn Monroe's grave, to TV studios and back, to Satanic weddings and Zeena's baptism at the Church of Satan HQ.These were wild and narcissistic times in America. Few understood the power of media exposure better than Jayne Mansfield and Anton LaVey. Captured alone or together by master paparazzo Fischer, this devilishly handsome couple made headlines that still resonate today. The book contains an introduction by legendary filmmaker Kenneth Anger, and forewords by writer Carl Abrahamsson and collector Alf Wahlgren.
ISBN 9789198324310. Trapart Books. hb. 152 pages. 12 colour ills. 130 b/w ills. 21 x 24.8 cm.
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Movie star Jayne Mansfield and notorious Satanist Anton LaVey met in 1966, and soon developed a strong public friendship.German paparazzo Walter Fischer, stationed in Hollywood and catering to image- and scandal-hungry photo magazines all over the world, was ever present at their meetings. Fischer's collection of photos takes us straight into the ritual chamber of the Church of Satan in LaVey's infamous “black house” in San Francisco, as well as into Mansfield's “pink palace.”We also get to follow LaVey on excursions to his friend Forrest “Famous Monsters of Filmland” Ackerman, to Marilyn Monroe's grave, to TV studios and back, to Satanic weddings and Zeena's baptism at the Church of Satan HQ.These were wild and narcissistic times in America. Few understood the power of media exposure better than Jayne Mansfield and Anton LaVey. Captured alone or together by master paparazzo Fischer, this devilishly handsome couple made headlines that still resonate today. The book contains an introduction by legendary filmmaker Kenneth Anger, and forewords by writer Carl Abrahamsson and collector Alf Wahlgren.
ISBN 9789198324310. Trapart Books. hb. 152 pages. 12 colour ills. 130 b/w ills. 21 x 24.8 cm.
reprinting