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On Set: The Photographs of Joel Holzman
The Rialto Report recently re-published digitized issues of Erotic-X Film Guide magazine’s issues from 1984 – and noticed that many of the photographs were taken by Joel Holzman. We interviewed Joel...
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R.I.P. Fanne Foxe (1936-2021) – Podcast 82 (reprise)
Fanne Foxe died this past week at the age of 84. She was famous for being the stripper that ended the career of one of the most powerful American politicians of the 1970s – Arkansas congressman Wilbur...
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Harry Reems: The Tony Crawley Interview
Harry Reems (born Herbert John Streicher (August 27, 1947 – March 19, 2013)), was the best known of the early New York adult film actors. His most famous roles were as Dr Young in the 1972 movie Deep...
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Summer Brown: The Tony Crawley Interview
Summer Brown was one of the XXX industry’s first West Coast director/producers, and, together with her husband Edwin, made a number of successful adult films, including A Thousand and One Erotic Nights...
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Tony Crawley: XXX Letters from America
When porno chic exploded into mainstream culture in the early 1970s, American media coverage was… well, patchy. Mainstream publications often opted for a naïve, gawping, and voyeuristic approach, while...
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Cherry Bomb: Cheri Magazine’s Own X-Rated Rock Star
Definition: cherry bomb (noun): a round, red, powerful firecracker Cherry Bomb was all over men’s magazines in the 1970s and 80s – Cheri, Oui, and countless others – both as a model and as a roving...
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‘Centurians of Rome’ (1981): The Behind-The-Scenes Story – Podcast 105
As The Rialto Report heads into an Easter break, we present an all-new podcast about the making of Centurians of Rome, a story we broke a few years ago, but that has been absent from our site since...
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Black and White Dreams of Darlene: Looking for the Bennett Sisters
Ashley West likes Darlene Bennett. He’s liked her for a long time. She was a figure model and star of 1960s sexploitation films like Olga Girls (1964), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965) and Take Me Naked...
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Kim Pope: The Tony Crawley Interview (1976)… and Her Response (45 Years Later)
The journalist Tony Crawley, who The Rialto Report interviewed recently, spoke with 1970s adult film actress, Kim Pope, at the height of her film career, and the resulting interview was published in...
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Adult Film Locations – Part 15: The Image (1975)
To accompany our article about the secret history of Radley Metzger‘s cult film The Image (1975), we also re-visited the Parisian locations where it was shot almost 50 years ago. And for those looking...
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The Image (1975): The Kook, the Thief, His Wife & His Lover
What links Donald Trump’s attorney, an Academy Award-winning producer, and a pornographic film? Add to the mix: a drug rehab center, a French S&M literary classic written by a mysterious woman, the...
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Tony Richards: Bree Anthony and Me
Tony Richards (aka Tony Blue, Tony Dexter, Tony Rich, and many other noms de porn) was in a unique business, in a unique place, at a unique time: he was an actor and crew member working regularly in...
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Blair Harris: Surf, Sex and a Second Life
What ever happened to Blair Harris? He was a handsome young performer who showed up on the San Francisco adult film scene in the mid 1970s and stayed for almost 15 years, appearing in over 300 films...
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High Society in 1979 – The Birth of the Celebrity Nude
1979 was the fourth year of High Society, and to mark the fact that it was growing up, the magazine decided to expand its focus. In the spotlight? Celebrities – especially nude celebrities when they...
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Jamie Gillis’ Lost Weekend: The Story Behind his Private Tapes
At The Rialto Report, we take second place to no one in our admiration and affection for Jamie Gillis as a star of golden age adult films. His presence enlivened countless XXX movies over a thirty year...
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Celebrity Skin (1979-1981): When Gloria Leonard Stripped the Stars
In 1978, High Society magazine published a single nude picture of Three’s Company actress Suzanne Somers, and the result was immediate: record sales and a template for future success. And so Celebrity...
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‘Not Just Another Woman’ (1974): Heroin, Money Laundering, and Poetry – Part 1
What connects one of the highest budget adult films of the 1970s with a mysterious illustrated book of poetry? Apart from the fact that it’s probably a film you’ve never seen, and a book of poetry that...
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‘Not Just Another Woman’ (1974): Heroin, Money Laundering, and Poetry – Part 2
How did a book of poetry – illustrated with some of the best photographs of 1970s New York adult film stars – come to be linked to one of the highest budget adult films of the 1970s… and a major heroin...
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George Payne: In The Beginning. And in 2021.
The Rialto Report is often asked how much we’d like to go back in time – and conduct interviews with golden age adult film personnel back in, say, 1973. Actually, that’s not the case. We always feel...
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Porsche Lynn: The Other Side of Power (Part 1) – Podcast 106
Here at the Rialto Report, we focus on bringing original or obscure content to light. We like to unearth stories long ignored, forgotten or under-appreciated, to complement the narratives we already...
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