Audubon Films / Radley H. Metzger ephemera collection, 1958-1977

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Summary

Title:
Audubon Films / Radley H. Metzger ephemera collection
Dates:
1958-1977
Abstract:
Movie stills, pressbooks, lobby cards, and one scrapbook from American filmmmaker and distributor (Audubon films) Radley H. Metzger (1929-2017).
Extent:
3.04 Linear Feet (1 half sized document box, 2 flat boxes)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Audubon Films / Radley H. Metzger ephemera collection, FMST Mss 17. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises a scrapbook, movie stills, pressbooks, and lobby cards from the artistic and adult-oriented filmmaker and distributor (Audubon Films) Radley H. Metzger (1929-2017). The scrapbook contains press clippings for the French release of Thérèse and Isabelle (1967). The movie stills (8"x11") contain captions and date from 1958 to 1975. The lobby cards and pressbooks date from 1961 to 1977. The pressbooks include complete "campaign kits" for The Dirty Girls (1965) and I Spit on Your Grave (1962).

Biographical / historical:

Radley H. Metzger (1929-2017) was an American filmmaker and founder of Audubon Films (1961). Starting out as a film editor in the 1950s, Metzger would go on to direct in the 1960s and 1970s, establishing himself as an auteur in the adult erotic genre during the Golden Age of Porn. Many of his films were shot in Europe, including Carmen, Baby (1967), The Image (1975), and Thérèse and Isabelle (1968), among many others. Other films include The Lickerish Quartet (1970) and I Spit on Your Grave (1962). In the 1990s, Metzger produced a five-part video series on homeopathy as well as several other videos on alternative health care.

Acquisition information:
Library purchase, 2025.
Arrangement:

This collection has been divided into the following series: Movie Stills, Scrapbooks, Lobby Cards, Large Pressbooks, and Small Pressbooks.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2025.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-02 12:05:43 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Audubon Films / Radley H. Metzger ephemera collection, FMST Mss 17. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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