Recently I discovered this photo/lobby card and I did a sweep of the Internet to see if it had been posted anywhere before. What I found was that not only did I not find the pic anywhere, but I also found little to no reference of the Operetta itself in its spanking context. The search for the title, Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) only showed up twice in relation to spanking. Once was on a vanilla blog where it seemed that the author was responding negatively to someone leaving a spanking comment on her blog, unfortunately the page no longer loads so I can’t see it. The other location of all places was on Clips4sale. I always search for pics that I intend to use because the goal of my site is to present brand new images to the spanking world, and 99% of the time I will achieve that.
It appears that the old Cinema Swats tapes are being sold on Clips4sale and at one time or another I did own all of Dan R’s tapes back in the day. On Cinema Swats 3 the spanking scene from Der Zigeunerbaron was included on it. Now I have no recollection of the spanking at all, and I can’t find a copy of the film online anywhere, but obviously if Dan included it then the spanking happens in the 1962 film.
Der Zigeunerbaron was an Operetta by Johann Strauss II from 1885.
In the image below, Heidi Bruhl is playing the role of Arsena, and I was able to work out that Peer Schmidt is playing the role of Erno (I assume this character to be Ottokar in the Operetta). If Dan still reads this blog, perhaps he can tell us whether this was a spanking or just a couple of swats? Click on the image for the full sized version. This will be added to my WINDSOR’S STAGE SPANKINGS album. Many of the photos in this album got their first run on this site.
Another terrific find thanks
Ron
This picture is new to me,and I certainly have never heard of the operetta. The picture does look animated, suggesting serious intent. However, I doubt that the action was anything more than fleeting. This is because all too often these scenes go little further than only slightly advancing into the territory which is of interest.There are exceptions and you would know much more about these than I do. It always used to infuriate me in the past at how little self confidence dramatists and play writes had (worse now) in only having the courage for glancing references. But as someone hardly brimming over with assertiveness I suppose I should not complain.
Thanks, Ron.
Hi Sam,
Yes, even though I once owned all of the Cinema Swats tapes, I don’t ever recall watching this scene. The reason that I went searching is because this lobby card appeared to be a direct screen capture from the film, and true enough I was able to find just a small reference on Cinema Swats. It is something that I will have to look up again and see if I can’t find a copy of the scene online somewhere. Obviously I’m not expecting the world’s greatest spanking scene, but I am interested to see if it is just a couple of swats or if it is one of those scenes that gets extended off screen.
It is always nice to stumble across something new, or should I say something that is new to the spanking community. While Dan would have discovered this long before I did, I’m glad that I was able to find an image that likely hasn’t been seen before. Mind you, that is what I strive for on this site anyway, to try and present images that have not been seen before by the spanking community.
Rich