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Girls Are For Loving
[Monterey Video]
1973; color
Directed by Don Schain
Starring: Cheri Caffaro, Timothy Brown, Jocelyne Peters, Scott Ellsworth & Fred Vincent
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Girls Are For Loving is the third, and as far as I understand last, of the Ginger series and to quote the title one of the era's disco hits features "More, More, More" of everything we've seen before. More bad dialogue, more questionable plotlines, more groovy outfits, more pointless softcore sex, more piano wire and, interestingly, less lighting. (As much as I'd love to know how they came up with the money to make the production values on the second entry so much better than the first, perhaps the real story is what the heck happened to that money and or the lighting rig when it came time to make this one.) The basic set up is the same as the previous films; first we see some sort of crime in action, in this case the kidnapping of a young fella and the sexual assault / shooting of his gal pal. Shortly after (meaning shortly after the credits) Ginger gets a phonecall about a potential job. Then she, and we, get briefed on the larger crime picture and, once Ginger's got her assignment, it's off to some random location for an adventure including, but not limited to, the list of stuff listed above; plus - and I can't believe I left this off the list because it's a huge part of the franchise - a sampling of light bondage. I forget if anyone was actually ball gagged in this one but Ginger does find herself tied spread eagle to a table at one point, as does her temporary arch nemesis Ronnie St. Clair. A couple of dudes get strung up during various points in the film as well, clearly a nod to the series' militant feminist fans. (Heehee! I even made myself giggle with that one.) Also of note, this time part of Ginger's cover story is that she's a seductive nightclub singer. A storyline that, believe it or not, includes one or more Marlene Dietrich eqsue "song" and "dance" numbers. (Honestly I couldn't tell if it was one long song or a medley of some sort but honestly, who really cares. Either way this performance would make anyone pray for the day they invented lip synching! PS: if you think the dialogue in these films are questionable wait until you hear the lyrics to her song.) Naturally the movie ends with Ginger getting her man, or in this case woman, and everyone lives happily ever after. Well, not the people who have been shot and killed... or the ones that wind up in jail... but we assume, thanks to her loyal service to the government, Ginger went on to live out the rest of her days working on her tan lines, shopping for midriff bearing two piece ensembles and having sex with gross hairy dudes. God bless America! In the end I'm not sure how "necessary" this series is on the euphemistic cult film necessary viewing scale but I'm glad I saw them once.
—Bunny
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