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Will these witches never learn? Yet another one is seen here receiving her
just desserts in “Cry of the Banshee”.
A couple of accused witches (including Vera Miles) are regretting applying to go on "Fantasy Island" in their search for good old fashioned moral values.
Next some scenes from “A Chinese Torture Chamber Story”. Our oriental
friends take a dim view of those who neglect to return their library books on
time.
When I volunteered to help at the local renfaire, nobody mentioned this! |
I’ve changed my mind. Let me out of here at once! Er,
pretty please?
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Don’t you dare throw that at me! Yuck!!
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Just you wait until I get out of this damned thing!
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Thanks, guys. Same time next year?
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This torture chamber is on “Gilligan's Island”, which I believe is somewhere off the coast of the American colonies. Here we see Dawn Wells in the pillory (and Tina Louise on the rack).
Here is Olive Sturgess about to get her feathers singed in “The Raven”. A different torture chamber, but doesn't that pillory look suspiciously similar to the one in the Tower of London?
These are from a British TV program called "Don't Try This At Home". For the benefit of my non-British viewers,
all shopping malls here are equipped with stocks to deter shoplifting. Here we see two housewives who forgot
to pay for their purchases.
A visit to a health club leads to a few problems for one contestant on the "Fit Farm" (another British TV program), when she is
apprehended having a sneaky cigarette. Warning: smoking can be hazardous to your dignity.
A bit of a stretch
for Mala Powers in "Flight of the Lost Balloon" |
A thoughtful
moment for Annette Funicello in that unforgettable classic "Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Girls". Yes, its the same pillory again.
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From a British TV program called "The Wild House". She's just about to get tomatoed, hence the worried look.
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From the American version of "The Mole". I only tuned in because I thought it was a nature program.
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From an American TV program called "Colonial House", where volunteers get to experience the realities of puritan life.
This wench's refusal to attend church leads to regular stints in the pillory.
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More puritan justice. Lillian Gish cooling her heels in an early version of "The Scarlet Letter".
This depicts a brush with the law in her youth (regrettably omitted from subsequent versions),
not the more famous scene when she later stood on (but alas not in) the pillory.
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From an episode of Zorro called "Newcomers". Visitors to the town are treated to a welcoming ceremony.
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From a film called "Lock up your daughters". The locals take this advice rather literally.
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