Purpose

OK, folks! I've searched high and low and am trying to find a copy of "The Lawton Story" also known as "The Prince of Peace", DVD or VHS. This was a Kroger Babb (Mom and Dad) film that contained the infamous "Okie Oberammergau", spliced within a corny story of two feuding uncles. "Homely moppet" Ginger Prince eventually reconciles the uncles.

I was inspired to see the film after reading the description in David Friedman's autobiography "A Youth in Babylon". Friedman -- a protege of Babb's -- marks this film as the start of the descent of Babb's career. "Secrets of Beauty" finished it. Babb made a fortune on "sex hygiene" books that his "experts" peddled for a dollar a piece during the intermission of his road-show classic "Mom and Dad". But the $10 make-up kit offered during "Secrets of Beauty" was too much cash for the 1951 crowd. It was also his third film with Ginger Prince.

"Secrets of Beauty" is also known as "Why Men Leave Home", and can be found for about $6.00 at oldies.com, and used copies on Amazon are about $3.50. Here is the oldies.com entry:

http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5141D.html

Also, does anyone know if Friedman ever followed-up with "Kings of Babylon"? Also looking for any more info on Kroger Babb. Have read "Grindhouse", and several Internet articles on Babb -- was wondering if there were any other books documenting his life and career. I'm currently pouring through the references in Wiki. Friedman's book was great, but we need more info on this exploitation icon!

Here is Babb's wiki entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroger_Babb

I'd like to help others, too, who may be looking for that hard-to-find classic. The best sites I've found are:

www.somethingweird.com

www.moviesunlimited.com

For those looking for Tim Carrey's "World's Greatest Sinner" I bought the VHS on a site that I think his son runs. Unbelievable!

I would like to know if there are any other sites that specialize in exploitation.