I am forwarding a compilation of Books and movies related to female haircutting and headshaving from Shearingly@aol.com If you have additional items to be added, please Email them to Shearingly, with a carbon copy to MJGrant@aol.com, who also has a wonderful compilation. I AM RUNNING OUT OF PICTURES TO SEND TO THE GROUP. PLEASE SEND YOUR PICTURES OR I WILL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE OPERATION AND GO PLAY GOLF FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS! The material sent out to the members of the list comes entirely from the group. If you have pictures, stories or other material, please send it along. Thank you, Zvi in Chicago --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Re: Book & Movie List Date: 96-03-22 15:00:51 EST From: SHEARINGLY To: ZVIP Here is my compilation. Hope you can use it Does anyone have a list of books and movies that contain scenes of female haircutting or headshaving? (Particularly forced or punishment haircuts.) I have included those which people sent to me - there may be some duplication. I still welcome other submissions. If you have any to add E-mail to: Shearingly@aol.com BOOKS: "Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery. Anne tries to dye her red hair black, but it comes out green and has to be cut off. "A Time To Kill" - John Grisham (a young woman lawyer captured by KKK) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" - F. Scott Fitzgerald "Bird," by Thomas Hinde, Coronet Books ISBN 0340160764 "Body and Soul" - Marcelle Bernstein. Nun entering convent has her long braid cut off and her head shaved - described twice. Not to mention her first hairdresser's appointment after she gets out. "Captives Choice," by John Slater Sripts Publications Sydney, Australia "Charity" - Lesley Pearse. The beautiful Charity gets attacked in a hostel. "Clotelle, the Coloured Heroine" - William Wells Brown. A young girl is enslaved and scalped. "The Doctor is Sick," by Anthony Burgess [Clockwork Orange is better known] "The Fall Of Atlantis" - a Sci-fi book, In it a girl is coming of age and her hair is shorn from her head and burned in a ritual fire. "The Firm" - John Grisham (Wife of Laywer disguising look near end) "Flowers in the Attic" - Virginia Andrews. The heroine doesn't get her hair cut like in the film, but with a bit of imagination... "For Whom The Bell Tolls", by Earnest Hemingway "The Free Frenchman" - Piers Paul Read. WWII story. A woman collaborator is shaved. "Gallowglass" - Barbara Vine. A kidnapped girl's plaits are lopped off and mailed back to her father. "The Garden of Eden," by Ernest Hemmingway, Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN 0-684-18693-4 "Garden of Shadows" - V.C. Andrews (a wonderfully described revenge haircut) "The Gift of the Magi" - O'Henry - Wife scarifices hair for X-mas cash "If There be Thorns" - Virginia Andrews. "In Our Time," by Ernest Hemmingway, Colliers ISBN 0-02-051810-2 "The Key To Rebecca" - Ken Follett (a complete headshaving!) "Les Miserables" - Victor Hugo, Mother scarifices hair for cash for sick child during French Revolution "Little Women" - Louisa May Alcott "Master of the Moor" - Ruth Rendell. Murdered girls are found with their hair cut off. "The Mill on the Floss" - George Eliot. The heroine cuts her hair off then gets her brother to finish the job. (Only saving grace in an otherwise very dull book!) "Nemesis" - Shaun Hutson. Two burglars have some fun with the young babysitter. (Recommended read, not just for the haircut) "Out are the Lights" - Richard Laymon. A witch is interrogated with scissors in a cheap movie scene. "The Pelican Brief" - John Grisham "Playing for Time" - Fania Fenelon (a Holocaust story) "The Rapunzel Murders" - a detective novel "Second Child" - John Saul. A mother gets pissed off with her daughter's plainness and chops her long hair off in an effort to make her prettier. Hmmm, faultless logic there, methinks! "To Die For" - Joyce Maynard. One of the perps' mother describes how her mother dealt with headlice. Not in the film, unfortunately. "Women of Eden" - Marilyn Harris (a pretty blond young woman given haircut by ruffians hired to teacher her a lesson) The "GOR" series "Kajira of Gor" "Slave Girl of Gor" "Magicians of Gor" "Renegades of Gor" The COMMANDER AMANDA NIGHTINGALE series George Revelli MAYFLOWER Books "Resort to War" 583-12017-2 "Adores Her Captors" 583-11825-9 MOVIES: "The Accused" (Jodie cuts her own hair) "Adams Woman" Actress Jane Merrow had her hair clipped (off camera) for her role as a transported Australian convict. "Agnes of God" (1985). Much too brief convent haircut. "Aliens 3 -- Sigourney Weaver definitely takes it off for the film (not shown), clippered to the scalp "Anne of Green Gables" "The Ballad of Little Jo" Tale of a young woman in 1866 (played by Suzy Amis) who, disgraced by having a child out of wedlock, flees to the American West and quickly learns that the only way to survive on her own is to pretend that she's a man. She decides to cut her waist long hair and dress like a man. Wonderful scene of Suzy slicing off her beautiful red hair with a straight-edge razor. (1993) 120 min, Rated R, Color "Behind Convent Walls" (Italian movie, don't know Italian title, nun cutting her own hair - kinda punishment) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" (after the Scott Fitzgerald story - wig I guess) "Blush" (Chinese, headshaving as leading female becomes a Buddhist nun) "Botany Bay" 1953-Actress Helen Winston sacrificed her hair for a role in this film, but most of the footage was never included. John Farrow directed. "Brides of Christ" "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" (1973). Another version of St. Francis. Not much of the cutting is shown, but seeing the girl kneel in front of St. Francis, lean forward and throw her long hair forward so he can cut it off is quite exciting. Readily available at video stores. "Caged" (1950) Another classic scene in a gripping film. A female convict has her hair clipped off by a cruel matron. "Deadbolt" - Justine Bateman's long hair is cut to chin length by the man who holds her captive "Dead of Winter" (Mary Steenburgen gets a haircut) "Deadly Pursuit" - Tom Berenger looks as if he's going to slice off Kirstie Alley's ponytail, but only cuts the scrunchy. Pity. "Deep in the Heart" (1983). Karen Young has her long ponytail cut off by a hairdresser. Available on video. "The Devils" (British) Ken Russell's allegorical tale of hysteria and horror in a medieval nunnery. Many young clipped actresses played nuns in various stages of undress. "Drop Dead Fred" (Phoebe Cates gets several haircuts from Fred) "Earth Girls are Easy - Geena Davis gets a makeover. Not a brilliant scene. "Edward Scissorhands" (What else could Johnny Depp do in this one?) "Empire Records" - about 20 minutes into the film a young woman cuts her hair with scissors and then clippers her head - good show "A Father's Revenge" - young woman's hair cut by terrorists "Five Branded Women" (1960, B&W). World War II collaborators are given crewcuts by partisans. There is one pretty good cutting scene. Not available on video. "Flowers in the Attic" (Kirsty Swanson gets a punishment cut, done by Louise Fletcher) "For Keeps" with Molly Ringwald "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Frances - Jessica Lange - Story of Actress - near end of movie, re-enters mental hospital and has hair cut off short On video "Francis of Assisi" (1961). Good scene of a blond being shorn on entering the convent. Would be better if it weren't so easy to spot that it's a wig. "The Girl In the Kremlin" (c. 1948) Definitive hair-cutting scene of girl forced to have her head shaved. Entire shaving is captured in scene. "Go Fish" (1994, B&W). A not very attractive lesbian goes from hippy look to crewcut. Only a few snips are shown, but a good scene. "The Golden Years, The Bitter Years" A German TV movie series about a German barber and his family from 1920 to 1939. Two women get their haircut on it. "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle" (The creation of Sue Catwoman) "Handgun" - A young teacher has her long hair cut off after being raped. Excellent scene. "Her Life As A Man" (She cuts her hair over the sink) "Hiroshima Mon Amore" "The History of Punishment" (Japan) Shaved Buddhist nun is the main character. "H.O.T.S" (1979). Interesting premise. Good sorority vs. bad sorority. The leader of the bad sorority masquerades as the leader of the good sorority. At the same time, members of the bad sorority decide to kidnap the leader of the good sorority and shave her head. You guessed it, they get the wrong person. The haircut scene has the victim bound and gaged and struggling. Unfortunately, the scene ends when they turn the clippers on (big disappointment). This film is in some video stores as "T&A Academy". "House of the Rising Sun" - Jamie Barrett, Woman reporter infiltrates a prostitution ring and boss has her hair styled against her wishes - not much cutting shown - too bad too cause a lot gets cut - on video "Interview with the Vampire" - Kirsten Dunst cuts off her mass of blonde curls, and is horrified to find they grew back. "Jane Eyre" (1944, B&W). Elizabeth Taylor has her Shirley Temple type curls cut off by a wicked school master. Available on video. "Joy in the Morning" (1965). Yvette Mimieux begins to cry as a barber takes the first few snips at her shoulder length hair. The description of the scene in the book by Betty Smith is better. Not available on video last time I checked. "(Just?) One of the Guys" - Sandra Bullock ??? (On Video - recent HBO) No cutting shown, girl goes short to disguise as boy "Kalifornia" (Miss Lewis wacky as ever) "The Key To Rebecca" - the movie scene is not as good as the book "King Solomon's Mines" (1937 & 1950 versions, easier in Africa) Long to short self-cut looks like a wig to me. Available on video. "The Legend of Billie Jean" (1985). Speaking of disappointments, despite the fact that two main characters and dozens of extras are teenage girls who get crewcuts during the movie, only a couple snips are shown. The movie does show that some women (like Helen Slater) can be just as sexy with a crewcut as with long hair. Readily available at video stores. "The Legend of the Fall" - Julia Ormond cuts off her long hair (not much shown). "Macho Calahan" (Miss Seberg is my favorite actress) "Mark of the Devil, Part II" (British?) Ingeborg Schoener had her beautiful head shaved for her part as a nun in this senationalist witch-burning story. Michael Armstrong directed. "Married to the Mob" (Miss Pfeiffer ruins her wig) "National Velvet" (1944). Mickey Rooney cuts off Elizabeth Taylor's shoulder length hair so she can pass as a boy. Good scene. "The Naked Kiss" To this day there are arguments as to whether Constance Towers actually lost her locks to play the ex-prostitute heroine in Samuel Fullers vision of a horribly corrupt social order. If it was simulated it is very effective. "The Night Porter" Concentration camp, no cutting shown "The Nun's Story" (1959). Very good scene of Audrey Hepburn's long brown braid getting cut off. Readily available at video stores. "Parenthood" (even Keanu buzzes his hair, so did Martha) "Parent Trap" (1961) with Haley Mills has haircutting "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1927 - French) Classic, silent film. Directed by Carl Dreyer. Actress Renee Falconetti, portraying the French holy woman, has her head shorn with scissors in a moving sequence. "Play Misty for Me" (Donna Mills hair is cut (not much of it) by a jealous woman) "Playing For Time" Directed by Linda Yellin. Vanessa Redgrave submits to a shearing on camera, as she and Melanie Mayron are snipped to the scalp on entering a Nazi concentration camp. Many other women were shaved for this moving, originally made for TV offering. (Early 1980's?) "Pretty In Pink" - Molly Ringwald haircut "Rich Man Single Women" (extremely brief) "The Roaring Twenties" James Cagney movie with Haircut scene "Roman Holiday" (1953, B&W). Audrey Hepburn gets a major beauty shop haircut from a reluctant Italian hairdresser. "Ryan's Daughter" "Schindler's List" - contains female haircutting (Holocaust) "Secret of Blood Island" A lousy movie about a woman pilot who is shot down on a jap island. She joins the british POWs and gets a haircut to look like the guys. "Serial" (1980). Angry hairdresser chops off a couple hunks of Tuesday Weld's shoulder length hair when it turns out that the guy she's bragging about dating is also his (the hairdresser's) lover. Haircut scene is OK but not great. Available on video. "Shattered Vows" (Valerie Bertelli becomes a nun !?) "Silence Like Glass" (Martha was already, Jamie cuts and fakes) "Sixteen Candles" - Molly Ringwold (does the cutting) Not much of a scene really as a hunk of a girl's long hair has to be cut to free her head from a locked door (On Video) "Sleeping with the Enemy" - Julia Roberts saws about a foot off her wig. "Steel Magnolias" (Julia Roberts bit) "Sorrow and the Pity" "The Story of Irene and Vernon Castle" Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movie. Haircutting scene "The Story of Joanna" A porn flik. A girl is slowly humiliated with a climax head shaving at the end. "Temptation of a Monk" (Joan Chen gets to be a Buddhist Nun) "THX 1138" Director George Lukas' first feature project after film school was this vision of a future society where all persons have shaved noggins, irregardless of sex. Need we say more? An excellent film. "Therese" (when two sisters join the third to become a nun) "The Triumph of the Spirit" Concentration camp women hair clipping scene "Tunnelvision" "Victim of Beauty" (You must look good to be a supermodel) "Victor/Victoria" (If it's Julia it must be fake, don't know about the original German movies) "A War of Children" TV Movie. British actress Jenny Agutter is shorn on-camera, as punishment for her collaboration in Northern Ireland "WaterWorld -- You don't see the actual cutting, but Jeanne Tripplehorn and a young girl are given punishment cuts, they look so forlorn after. "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" (so you see the difference between the girl and the horse) "The Wild Side/Suburbia" (what do you expect from a punk movie) "Wild Women" (1970, made-for-TV). Settlers traveling in covered wagons cut off a woman's hair after she uses scarce water supplies to wash it. Available on video. "The Winds of War" (Series for TV but on Video) Concentration Camp Scene ( I think Tape #6 ???) similar to Playing for time but actress is Jane Seymour (I think) with long, long hair "Women at West Point" This made-for-TV movie (circa 1980) stars Linda Purl as one of the first female cadets at West Point. The opening credits show her (and others) actually getting their hair cut. "Working Girl" (Melanie gets some serious hair) "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" (1959, B&W). Harry Belefonte gives blond Inger Stevens a bad haircut. Available on video but hard to find. "Yentel" - Barabra Streisand First snips as Barbara Streisand disguises herself as a young man (on Video) Foreign: "Le chagrin et la pitie" (real live footage of headshaving at the lilberation of Clermont Ferand) "Chanel Solitaire" (The life and haircut of Coco Chanel) "Coiffeur pour dames" (Fernandel is a barber in this obscure French one) "Le dialogue des Carmelites" (what do you expect in a nun movie) "Dood van een non" (same as above) "Le passion de Jeanne D'Arc" (Obligatory in Movieschools) CALVALHO DO OXUMARE (sometimes refered to as ABIA) (Brazil) Irma Alvarez is shaved in a primitive ritual. SALOME (Italian) Director Carmelo Bene lensed Oscar Wilde's allegorical version of the biblical tale of Herod's step-daughter. Beautiful Donyale Luna had her scalp shaved for her role. Fellow then Top-model Verushka simulated the effect with a skin cap for her appearance. TURKISH DELIGHT (Holland) Paul Verhoeven directed this film which was nominated for a "best foreign language" Oscar. Moniwue Van Den Ven in the role of a young woman who has her head shorn in preparation for brain surgery. LA BONZESS (France) Sylvie Meyer plays a young prostitute who gives up the worldly life and leaves for India where her hair is sacrificed as she becomes a "female monk!" Ms. Meyer was actually filmed during a religious service, where the barber actually thought that she was a religious convert! HOLY MOUNTAIN Alexandro Jadorowski's visual tapestry of images, with head shaving and bald women appearing at various times throughout. This film is currently only available in the US as an expensive Japanese LaserDisc. BALD HEADED BETTY (Thailand) Actress Lam Kim Ming lost her hair for this role. ADULT FILMS AND VIDEOS DIRTY HEAD (German) Pure delight with lovely blonde losing her hair somewhat unwillingly while administering oral sex. The actual haircutting is short and fleeting. (I970's?) What can YOU add to this list? I will re-post the list as it grows. Be sure to give as much info as possible - book - name and author; movie - title and description, etc.