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The Mob, ‘Blueboy’, the ‘Senora Orgasmo’… and the Birth of Video X magazine
In the 1970s and 1980s, adult film magazines had a number of features in common; for example, they were either published in New York or on the west coast (Los Angeles/San Francisco), and they often...
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Adult Film Locations – Part 13: Camille 2000 (1968)
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first day of the shoot for Radley Metzger’s film Camille 2000. It was perhaps Radley’s most typical film – wildly elegant, extravagant, and erotic – and so The...
View ArticleKeli Richards Fundraiser – A Thank You
Two weeks ago, following our interview with 1980s adult film star Keli Richards, we launched a fundraiser for her. Thanks to your generous donations, we have since raised over $2,000 for her. When we...
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‘Taboo American Style’ (1985): An Outsider’s Story Podcast 85
As much as we enjoy talking with veterans from the golden age of adult film, I’m aware that their perspectives are always those of an insider. Their observations, experiences, and even memories are...
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The Rialto Report’s ‘Centurian’s of Rome’ Gets A Movie Deal
We’re proud to announce that The Rialto Report’s recent Daily Beast article, ‘Centurians of Rome’: How a Bank Robber Made the Most Expensive Gay Porno of All Time, has been acquired for a feature film....
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Cinema-X Review: The Demise (and the complete 1981 issues)
Cinema-X Review magazine was launched in January 1980 by four friends long associated with the adult film industry – Bobby Hollander, Bob Genova, Teddy Snyder, and Jason Russell. (The Rialto Report...
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Christy Canyon: A Twelve O’Clock Girl in a Nine O’Clock Town – Podcast 90
The Rialto Report talks with Christy Canyon – about her life as a pioneering performer at start of the video age of adult films. This episode is 132 minutes long. The musical playlist for this episode...
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The Daily Beast: ‘Deep Sleep’ (1972) – How an Amateur Porno Set Off A Massive...
We’re proud to announce that The Rialto Report has an article published in The Daily Beast article today: the remarkable story behind the making of the early adult film Deep Sleep (1972). You can read...
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Serena in 1976: Super Woman
The Rialto Report was due to start a spring vacation today – but then we came across a portfolio of unpublished photographs of 1970s adult film actress, Serena, from 1976, and wanted to share them with...
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The Sexploitation Film Made on a Desert Island in New York City
It all starts with a photograph. A timeless, though long forgotten, picture taken in a police station. It features a group of wildly disparate people bound together by a low-budget sex film made on a...
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Cinema Blue in 1984: The First Year – An Issue by Issue Guide
We look back at the east coast publication Cinema Blue by reviewing the magazine’s first year in business – 1984 – and speaking with Joyce James, the magazine’s editor during the first years. These...
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‘The Sins of Ilsa’ (1985): The Untold Story of Radley Metzger’s Unreleased...
‘The Sins of Ilsa’ is Radley Metzger‘s most mysterious film as a director – mainly because no one has ever heard of it, let alone had the chance to see it. The story of Radley’s film career is...
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Adult Film Locations – Part 14: The Exploitation Film Castle
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the filming of Radley Metzger‘s The Lickerish Quartet, The Rialto Report went in search of the castle in which the movie takes place. The Castello di Balsorano –...
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The Flat on Polk Street: Serena, Jamie, and Lysa in Shangri-La
San Francisco, 1979: Four people’s lives converged for an intense few months in an apartment on Polk Street. There was Serena, a 29 year-old model, stripper, and porn star, who had just broken up from...
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High Society in 1977: Gloria Leonard Takes Over – An Issue by Issue Guide
We look back at the east coast publication High Society by reviewing the magazine’s second year in business – 1977 – and our unpublished interview with Gloria Leonard, who took over as the magazine’s...
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Michael Findlay’s Last Year – 3-D, Funk, and the Tragedy on the PanAm...
Michael Findlay was one of the most prominent of New York’s sexploitation filmmakers in the 1960s. He and his wife Roberta specialized in early slasher films which contained sadomasochistic sex scenes....
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RIP Henri Belolo – The Story of Wade Nichols and Dennis Parker
This week The Rialto Report lost a friend, the French music producer and songwriter Henri Belolo who passed away at his home in Paris We became friends with Henri several years ago when we were...
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Times Square’s Most Outrageous Sex Show, The Queen of Shock Rock, and The...
Punk music. Adult films. Both were subversive art forms in New York in the 1970s. They challenged conventions, shocked audiences, and took artistic expression to another plane. This week The Rialto...
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Times Square’s Most Outrageous Sex Show, The Queen of Shock Rock, and The...
This week, we conclude the story of Monica Kennedy, perhaps the most notorious and legendary stripper and sex performer in 1970s New York; Wendy O. Williams, live sex show...
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Mike Horner: Porn’s Late Bloomer – Podcast 91
What happens when you’re raised in a loving suburban home, an athletic but painfully shy kid who went to church every Sunday with his very Catholic parents? A boy who developed an early love of dance...
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