For several years Empey coordinated outdoor performances with up to 40 Middle Eastern dancers. Lots of women and children enjoyed the shows. Empey’s shows were extremely sensual they didn’t pander to the audience. Empey founded Perfumes of Araby, one of the first American belly dancing companies. She occasionally performed this dance accompanied by her top students and a band playing Middle Eastern music in public places in and around Los Angeles. She also appeared on the covers for several vinyl record albums including Les Baxter’s Jewels of the Sea, Sea of Dreams by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich’s Jazz For Relaxation and Chile con Cugie by Xavier Cugat.Īround 1969 to 1980 Empey devoted her full-time career as a bellydance instructor at Everywoman’s Village in Van Nuys, California. Webber posed for many famous photographers such as Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Russ Meyer. The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange, published by Elysium Inc in 1967, documented the Webbers’ nudist life style. She later took an interest in nudism, appearing in numerous nudist magazines. Įmpey took ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Befefi and later worked as a chorus girl at Bimbo’s in San Francisco.
The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine ‘s Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956. Due to the reproducible nature of this item, this photograph cannot be returned.Please PayPal payment within 48 hours of auctions close.Marguerite Diane Webber AKA Marguerite Empey (July 29, 1932-August 19, 2008)was an American model, dancer and actress.Įmpey was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and screen writer Arthur Guy Empey. Ownership of the photograph does not imply that the owner has printing rights to the photo. These auctions are for the photographs themselves. If you have any serious concerns, please email me. They may have marring, a light fold, scuffs or dog-ears due to normal book and magazine production handling. All of them are vintage '50s, '60s original photographic prints, printed on real silver bromide single-weight glossy black and white photographic paper. May be stamped "Ed Lange" or "Erwin Lang" on the back. Nudist photographic collectors all over the world have praised my eBay offerings.Photo may have red or black grease-pencil crop marks, may have old adhesive (inert) on the back or may be backed with paper. (These are not scanned printer-generated copies). My auctions are known for their value and authenticity. You will not see any other authentic prints of any of these photos on the market. I have several years of successful experience selling these fine original vintage nudist photographs on eBay. On the back: a generic caption typewritten and taped on back with 6 small pieces of transparent tape various publication related stamps and a handwritten note that this picture was taken in the "backyard" of the urban center known as Elysium Institute in east Hollywood, CA - several years before Ed Lange opened up his Elysium Fields resort in Topanga Canyon, CA. The print quality, otherwise, is excellent. Crease on bottom left of print, black wax pen markings on borders, dark airbrush in the middle of the photo right above the pubic region (indicating that this was to be the edge of the bottom of the image in the magazine). This is a production print for one of Ed Lange's many nudist magazines and books (Sunbathing Annual). There have been other nudist photographers and producers but none as fresh and spontaneous as Ed Lange. This is a rare, one-of-a-kind production photographic print taken by Keith Bancroft for Ed Lange's groundbreaking nudist magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. Original Vintage Nudist: Joe Webber, Diane Webber's husband in shower (with another woman!), Ed Lange produced, photo by Keith Bancroft.
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