July 14-20  Vanity Project Week: “…it might be said that the specific remedy for vanity is laughter, and that the one failing that is essentially laughter is vanity.” Are these products of passionate and industrious independent filmmakers OR outrageous glimpses into the inner workings of self-obsessed maniacs??

Directed by TV vet Joseph L. Scanlan and written by Janet Kovalcik, this was produced by its star, Donna Mills. She stars as rich and powerful lawyer Brenda Morgan, who falls for her much younger assistant, Alex (Brian Wimmer). And is that Art Hindle? Yes.

She’s sick of all of her assistants getting married and quitting after a year. She’s a career woman and marriage was never in the offering for her — dudes, it’s Donna Mills, I like how this film plays like “Oh, she has glasses, how gross” — so she can’t get anyone who would do such a thing.

This was released on VHS by Action International! That blows my mind. The same company that released Elves, The Devil’s Honey, They Call Me Macho Woman! and Homeboyz II: Crack City.

It’s one of five films produced by Donna Mills Productions. The others? Intimate Encounters, in which “A bored suburban housewife embarks upon a series of affairs seemingly triggered by escapism and fantasy.” Alcoholic drama My Name Is Kate. An Element of Truth, in which Donna is a thief. Finally, The Eyes Have It. “Donna Mills is one of the few actresses in Hollywood who actually applies her own makeup on the set and off. Now, you too can share in all of her beauty secrets in this easy-to-follow visual learning method.”

You can watch this on YouTube.