Unknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 3: Crime, Podcast 173
A few years after first meeting Ray Horsch, I returned to his home in Philadelphia to film an interview with him. It was there, and in subsequent visits, that I met a number of people who knew him:...
View ArticleUnknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 2: Performance, Podcast 172
When I first visited Ray Horsch at his home in Philadelphia to interview him, most of the conversation was about New York in the early 1970s. More specifically, Times Square. The adult movie theaters....
View ArticleUnknowing Ray Horsch – Episode 1: Youth, Podcast 171
Today the Rialto Report re-visits our relationship and the various interviews with Ray Horsch, the subject of a ongoing murder investigation. This isn’t a normal Rialto Report series: needless to say,...
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Gloria Steinem vs. ‘Deep Throat’: ‘The Real Linda Lovelace’ (1980)
Gloria Steinem, feminist activist, writer, political campaigner, and self-described “entrepreneur of social change,” died this week aged 92. Steinem played an influential role as a counterpoint to the...
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Busted! The Uncensored, Oral History of the Two Films That Landed Roberta...
How many films in history have resulted in the arrest of everyone involved? Literally everyone: the producer, director, financers, actors, crew members, distributor, even the lab that processed the...
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Brandy Alexandre – 2000 Days, Part 2: Podcast 170
Brandy Alexandre was raised a Mormon, but her childhood was often difficult – including spells in care facilities after being mis-diagnosed with mental health issues, and a string of inappropriate...
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Brandy Alexandre – 2000 Days, Part 1: Podcast 169
Over the years, Brandy Alexandre always seemed to have a habit of turning up at unexpected times and in unexpected ways. For example, she went to work in the adult film industry – after being raised a...
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The Autobiography of a Flea (1976) – The Success of a Potboiler
Previously on ‘The Mitchell Brothers – Band of Brothers: The Story of How Two Bearded-Free-Love-Hippie-Filmmakers-turned-Businessmen Changed the Course of Film History, and America Too’: Artie and Jim...
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The Murder of Kathy Harcourt: England’s First American Adult Film Star –...
Kathy Harcourt was an English XXX star in America in the early 1980s. She appeared with Lisa DeLeeuw, Seka, Billy Dee, and Ron Jeremy in adult films and 8mm loops. She featured in magazines, stripped...
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The Complete Disappearance of Cheri Champagne, Part 2: Podcast 168
In the previous episode of The Complete Disappearance of Cheri Champagne: After years of hearing mysterious stories about the 1980s adult film actor, Cheri Champagne, I was keen to see if she was still...
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The Complete Disappearance of Cheri Champagne, Part 1: Podcast 167
All stories have a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And if they’re any good, the ending is really a beginning. And this story ends with a phone call. So that’s where we’ll begin. The phone call was...
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Happy 250th Birthday U.S.A… with ‘Spirit of Seventy Sex’ (1976) – Part 2
This weekend sees the U.S.A. celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What better way to commemorate this landmark occasion than through the medium of golden...
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Happy 250th Birthday U.S.A… with ‘Spirit of Seventy Sex’ (1976) – Part 1
This weekend sees the U.S.A. celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What better way to commemorate this landmark occasion than through the medium of golden...
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For Sale – The Misty Beethoven mansion: Who’s In With Us?
The Rialto Report has recently been looking for a new global headquarters, and so were interested to learn that the most iconic of all golden age film locations, the Italian mansion that is the...
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Christy Canyon – New York, 1992: Podcast 166
In this era where everyone seems to be chasing follows, likes, shares, and clicks I have to admit I try not to look at which Rialto Report interviews have had the biggest audience. The reason is...
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Jeanna Fine: Flesh & Blood – Podcast 165
The 1980s and 90s adult film A-lister Jeanna Fine passed away 6 months ago way too young. A few weeks after that, we shared an interview I started with Jeanne but never got to finish. It was mostly...
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Tanqueray – I’ve Always Been Different, Part 2: Podcast 164
In the first part of my interview with Tanqueray, we heard the striking story of Tanqueray’s early life – long before she became such as viral sensation on social media as a result of her appearances...
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Tanqueray – I’ve Always Been Different, Part 1: Podcast 163
Back in 2014, a woman called Stephanie contacted me at The Rialto Report. She described herself as ‘a designer of erotic costumes’ and shared some memories of the old days when she said she’d made...
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Tiffany Clark (1961-2026), R.I.P.
The former adult film star Tiffany Clark passed away this week. Some might say this comes with the territory when you cover an industry that began almost 60 years ago. But while Tiffany started in the...
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Beth Anna – Sweet & Savage: Podcast 162
Memory is a tricky thing. Small details can burn brighter than some of life’s defining events. The act of recall and the power of suggestion can fundamentally alter the content of our recollections....
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