Joseph P. Mawra

Películas

House/Lights
Writer
The OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra's B-movie classic, Olga's House of Shame.
The Eighteen Carat Virgin
Writer
A girl from the country heads to Florida and becomes a prostitute. Why? Well, why not?
Rain for a Dusty Summer
Executive Producer
In Mexico, a mad general is leading his own war against the Church. Priests are rounded up, churches burned down and religion outlawed. The suffering of one pious catholic priest could bring the tide of change however.
Olga's Dance Hall Girls
Writer
This last gasp of the grindhouse "Olga" series is a tossed off shrug of a movie that nonetheless entertains in a tacky, surreal style. Audrey Campbell no longer stars as the sinister femme fatale Olga, and her replacement retains none of her clumsy menace. Instead she languidly lounges about the flimsy sets smoking cigarettes and looking pale and sweaty. This new Olga is apparently too bored by the proceedings to even torture her white slaves. Instead the dirty work is handled by her partner Nick (Larry Hunter), a slimy, weasel faced man who lures innocent housewives into prostitution by offering them jobs as "dance instructors" in Olga's dance hall. Group sex, nude dancing and pretty ladies wrestling in their underwear are the results, along with several long, seemingly impromptu scenes where the characters talk endlessly and in circles.
Olga's Dance Hall Girls
Director
This last gasp of the grindhouse "Olga" series is a tossed off shrug of a movie that nonetheless entertains in a tacky, surreal style. Audrey Campbell no longer stars as the sinister femme fatale Olga, and her replacement retains none of her clumsy menace. Instead she languidly lounges about the flimsy sets smoking cigarettes and looking pale and sweaty. This new Olga is apparently too bored by the proceedings to even torture her white slaves. Instead the dirty work is handled by her partner Nick (Larry Hunter), a slimy, weasel faced man who lures innocent housewives into prostitution by offering them jobs as "dance instructors" in Olga's dance hall. Group sex, nude dancing and pretty ladies wrestling in their underwear are the results, along with several long, seemingly impromptu scenes where the characters talk endlessly and in circles.
Girls Come Too!
Editor
A young model and her friends vacation at a horse ranch. The owner of the ranch is a nudist and takes the girls to a nudist camp to show them the wonders of nudism.
Fireball Jungle
Director
Ambitious driver, wanting to get to the top of the stock-car circuit, gets mixed up with gangsters.
Shanty Tramp
Screenplay
On a hot night in Dixie, the local shanty tramp heads out for adventure and leaves disaster in her wake. The lust she excites in the local men leads to fights, murders, lynch mobs, ruined reputations, and broken homes.
World of Obscenity
Director
Cut-n-paste pseudo-documentary about the history of censorship in cinema and the changing mores of the '60s, comprised mostly of footage from the films of Joseph Mawra (who also directed this under the pseudonym of "Carlo Scappine"). Likely the only way to catch footage from Mawra's lost MME. OLGA'S MASSAGE PARLOR.
All Men Are Apes!
Director
A woman in prison relates her downfall from precocious thief of her mother's boyfriends to murderess. Plus, stripping! And a dude in an ape costume!
The Peek Snatchers
Director
Two knuckleheads discover a rinky-dink machine that can “see all over the world.”
Murder in Mississippi
Editor
Narra el asesinato de activistas por los derechos civiles en el sur de Estados Unidos. Carol Lee Byrd y sus dos amigos fueron arrestadas por el sheriff racista Engstrom en el sur, acusándoles de tratar de alentar a los ciudadanos negros a que se conviertan en votantes registrados. Tras asesinar a sus amigos, Byrd fue secuestrada por dos sórdidos campesinos que la mantuvieron en una cabaña remota, donde abusaron sexualmente de ella.
Murder in Mississippi
Producer
Narra el asesinato de activistas por los derechos civiles en el sur de Estados Unidos. Carol Lee Byrd y sus dos amigos fueron arrestadas por el sheriff racista Engstrom en el sur, acusándoles de tratar de alentar a los ciudadanos negros a que se conviertan en votantes registrados. Tras asesinar a sus amigos, Byrd fue secuestrada por dos sórdidos campesinos que la mantuvieron en una cabaña remota, donde abusaron sexualmente de ella.
Murder in Mississippi
Director
Narra el asesinato de activistas por los derechos civiles en el sur de Estados Unidos. Carol Lee Byrd y sus dos amigos fueron arrestadas por el sheriff racista Engstrom en el sur, acusándoles de tratar de alentar a los ciudadanos negros a que se conviertan en votantes registrados. Tras asesinar a sus amigos, Byrd fue secuestrada por dos sórdidos campesinos que la mantuvieron en una cabaña remota, donde abusaron sexualmente de ella.
Mme. Olga's Massage Parlor
Director
The film is considered lost.
Chained Girls
Writer
This exploitation classic purports to expose the secrets of the 1960s lesbian underworld.
Chained Girls
Director
This exploitation classic purports to expose the secrets of the 1960s lesbian underworld.
Olga's Girls
Screenplay
Ruthless narcotics dealer and white slavery ring leader Olga keeps her harem of girls in line by hooking them on addictive drugs. Olga suspects an informant in their midst and uses various brutal methods of torture to weed out the squealer. Meanwhile, several of Olga's girls plot their revenge against Olga for her continual sadistic treatment of them.
Olga's Girls
Director
Ruthless narcotics dealer and white slavery ring leader Olga keeps her harem of girls in line by hooking them on addictive drugs. Olga suspects an informant in their midst and uses various brutal methods of torture to weed out the squealer. Meanwhile, several of Olga's girls plot their revenge against Olga for her continual sadistic treatment of them.
White Slaves of Chinatown
Writer
The beautiful, brutal Olga procures prostitutes and pushes heroin for the syndicate, confining and torturing her pretty victims in a private dungeon located in New York City's sinister Chinatown.
White Slaves of Chinatown
Director
The beautiful, brutal Olga procures prostitutes and pushes heroin for the syndicate, confining and torturing her pretty victims in a private dungeon located in New York City's sinister Chinatown.
Olga's House of Shame
Story
In this third installment of the "Olga" series, our heroine adds jewel smuggling to her repertoire of dope pushing and white slavery. As the vicious Olga (Audrey Campbell) expands her criminal empire, she also encounters more resistance as a string of once-trusted partners turn traitor in an effort to steal the successful racket out from under her. The result is exactly what fans of the series expect, a barrage of torture scenes featuring soldering irons, floggings, spankings, and even an electric chair. As with its predecessors, Olga's House of Shame is a silent black and white film with narration to explain the action, but even with direct commentary it's difficult to keep track of the characters and Campbell (who is occasionally caught laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all) has all the menace of a kindergarten teacher, even when wielding a machete.
Olga's House of Shame
Director
In this third installment of the "Olga" series, our heroine adds jewel smuggling to her repertoire of dope pushing and white slavery. As the vicious Olga (Audrey Campbell) expands her criminal empire, she also encounters more resistance as a string of once-trusted partners turn traitor in an effort to steal the successful racket out from under her. The result is exactly what fans of the series expect, a barrage of torture scenes featuring soldering irons, floggings, spankings, and even an electric chair. As with its predecessors, Olga's House of Shame is a silent black and white film with narration to explain the action, but even with direct commentary it's difficult to keep track of the characters and Campbell (who is occasionally caught laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all) has all the menace of a kindergarten teacher, even when wielding a machete.
Six She's and a He
Assistant Director
A soldier stranded on a desert island is captured by a tribe of sadistic women who torture and mutilate the men who oppose them. The 46min version is the only one available at the moment
Nature's Sweethearts
Editor
Nudist boat trips, nude horseback riding, a nekkid fashion show (!?) and a nudist wedding all figure in this vintage skin flick starring "Famous Figure Model Queen" Maria Stinger.
Cuando Las Mujeres Mandan
Director
Cuban fantasy-comedy about a lost civilization where women are the dominant social group. Guest appearances by Mexican comedians TinTan y Marcelo.