In 1981, the prolific Knight Publishing company started to publish a series of trade-publications for the adult film industry. Intended to be guides for the retailer and consumer alike, they provided detailed guides of the availability of adult films. The publications were issued under the banner of the long-standing Adam Film World magazine, and had a variety of names – including XXX Movie Illustrated, Directory of Adult Films, Porn Star Annual, Annual Guide to X-Rated Movies and Video, and X-Rated Movie Handbook.
The 1984 Adam Film World Guides are a who’s who of the Golden Age of adult film – and feature stars including Georgina Spelvin, R. Bolla, Kay Parker, Veronica Hart, and John Leslie. In the words of Kent Smith, the main editor:
This Directory contains reviews of nearly 300 top adult movies… Everyone naturally has his or her special interests as far as sex goes, which is why we have broken down each of the reviews into various categories. We have listed the major stars, the director, and our ratings of the basic aspects of the film.
Another feature of this Directory is the inclusion of the entire catalogs of the major videotape companies, giving the reader not only a wider range of films to study and select, but also the addresses where the tapes of your choice can be purchased. As far as we know, this combination has not yet appeared elsewhere in any book or magazine format, thus making this Directory both unique and extremely helpful to fans of erotic film and video.
In this Rialto Report, we say goodbye to beginning of the end of the Golden Age era as we share digitized issues of all five Adam Film World Guides from 1984, and make way for video vixens like Christy Canyon, Ginger Lynn, Barbara Dare, and Amber Lynn.
You can find The Rialto Report‘s ever growing library of digitized resources by clicking Library in the menu.
Click on the covers below to access the full magazines. Due to the fact that the magazines are scanned in high definition, allow a little time for each page to load. If you are viewing on a phone, view in landscape orientation.
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Adult Film World Guides: 1984
February 1984 – Vol 1, No 11
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Profiling:
–Devil in Miss Jones, Part II
–Sex Games
–Irresistible
–Between Lovers
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1984 Directory – Vol 1, No 12
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Featuring:
-300 adult film reviews
-Profiles of stars and crew including Gerard Damiano, Marilyn Chambers, Samantha Fox, Sharon Kane, and Sharon Mitchell
-Ads for all the major videocassette distributors
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May 1984 – Vol 2, No 1
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Porn Star Annual, featuring:
–Hyapatia Lee interview
–Joanna Storm
–Shauna Grant
–Michael Morrison interview
–Hershel Savage
–Constance Money interview
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August 1984 – Vol 2, No 2
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Profiling:
–Susie Superstar
–The Young Like It Hot
–The Devil in Miss Jones Part II
–The 8th Annual Erotica Awards
–Dark Brothers interview
-X-rated movie year in review
-Best performers and sex scenes
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November 1984 – Vol 2, No 3
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Featuring:
-100 top films illustrated
-Performer directory
-X-rated film directory
-Top directors
-Guide to manufacturers
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