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Porn Stars/Skin Flicks/Starlet: The Magazine with Three Names
The east-coast magazine ‘Porn Stars’ first appeared in mid 1980. It only lasted for four issues before undergoing a name change and becoming ‘Skin Flicks’. ‘Skin Flicks’ was even more short-lived and...
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Jose Duval: Porn’s Monogamous Swinger
Who was Jose Duval, the mysterious French-accented charmer who appeared out of nowhere in adult films in New York in the 1980s? In many ways, he seemed custom built for the adult film industry. Born in...
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Avon Films: Journeys into the Dark Heart of XXX – Part 1, The Boss – Podcast 86
The 1970s was the decade of adult films and theaters in New York City. It started out with cheap and crude black-and-white softcore films, enjoyed the breakthrough of porno-chic spearheaded by the...
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Avon Films: Journeys into the Dark Heart of XXX – Part 2, The Procurer
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Avon films stood out as being different from all other adult films that were being made. They were sleazy, violent, and filled with scenes of non-consensual sex. One...
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Avon Films: Journeys into the Dark Heart of XXX – Part 3, The Director
When the report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (often referred to as the Meese Report) was published in July 1986, it went to great lengths to describe examples of pornography that...
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Avon Films: Phil Prince’s Story – Podcast 87
Last week The Rialto Report published an article about meeting the Avon film director, Phil Prince – and we were overwhelmed by the positive reaction we received. A number of you asked why we didn’t...
View ArticleRobert Kerman / R. Bolla – R.I.P.
The actor Robert Kerman, also known as R. Bolla, died this week in New York at the age of 71. His career lasted over 10 years, from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, and encompassed work for all the...
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Roberta Pedon is not Latvian. (And she’s not dead either).
We love Roberta Pedon. It’s hard not to love the 1970s model and sometime actress, who was Latvian / Jewish / American (delete as applicable), was born in 1948 / 1950 / 1952 (delete as applicable), and...
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Roommates (1981): The Projection Booth Podcast
The Rialto Report’s Ashley West recently joined Veronica Hart, Larry Revene, Rick Marx, and Heather Drain on Mike White’s Projection Booth podcast to discuss Chuck Vincent’s 1981 adult film Roommates –...
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Adult Film Magazine interviews
The Rialto Report goes on winter vacation for a couple of weeks, but we before we leave, we’ve posted 45 vintage adult film interviews in a selection of our favorite magazines. These feature C.J....
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When the NYPD made a Porn Film: Get your Popcorn for the Cop Porn
In the 1970s, hardcore adult films exploded across Times Square like a forest fire – and the pornification of theaters contributed to a palpable increase in crime levels. What could the cops to do stop...
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Adult Film World magazine in 1973/1974: The Complete Issues
We continue our digitization project with the west coast film publication Adam Film World, and re-publishing all the issues from 1973 and 1974. These issues contain interviews with Sharon Kelly, Emily...
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Paul Thomas: The 10 Provocations of PT, Part 1 – Podcast 88
Paul Thomas, or PT as he’s typically known, is one of the iconic names of the adult film industry. He was born Philip Toubus, and started out as a porn performer for the Mitchell Brothers in mid-1970s...
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Paul Thomas: The 10 Provocations of PT – Part 2
On the last episode of The Rialto Report, we spoke to adult film actor and director, Paul Thomas, about the first part of his life. How he came from a wealthy background – one that owned household-name...
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Ken Scudder – The Passing of a San Francisco Pioneer
Ken Scudder, a perennial stalwart of the San Francisco adult film scene from 1974 – 1984, passed away recently. His time in the adult industry was unique. He appeared in more films than almost anyone...
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Mary Stuart, and the slap: How did her story end?
Mary Stuart featured in many successful adult films in New York, like The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976), Naked Came the Stranger (1975), Wet Rainbow (1974), Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974), and...
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Le Beverley – The Last Days of an Adult Cinema
The Rialto Report was sad to hear of the recent closure of Le Beverley, the last surviving porn cinema in Paris. The theater had been entertaining customers with erotic films since 1960. The owner,...
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Cheri magazine in 1977: The Second Year – An Issue by Issue Guide
We continue our review of the history of east coast publication Cheri, looking at the magazine’s second year in business: 1977. (You can read about the first year of Cheri here.) These issues include...
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Jim Holliday: Adult Film’s First Historian
In the pre-internet years, Jim Holliday published two books – ‘The Top 100 X Rated Films Of All Time’ and ‘Only The Best’ – that were among the first to place the golden age of adult film in a...
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Deep Throat (1972): A Deeper Dive
Deep Throat (1972) may not have been the best adult film ever made, but it was certainly one of the most important. After its premiere at the World Theater in New York on June 12, 1972, the film’s...
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