Porsche Lynn: The Other Side of Power (Part 2) – Podcast 107
In part one of our podcast with Porsche Lynn, we heard how she survived childhood trauma, befriended Angel Kelly at modeling school, became a stripper at Michigan’s notorious Cinema X, and made her way...
View ArticleAdam Film World in 1987: The Life and Legacy of Carl Esser
By 1987, Adam Film World magazine had been going strong for almost 20 years. An offshoot of Adam and Adam Film Quarterly, the first of which launched in the 1950s, Adam Film World had earned the...
View ArticleLesllie Bovee, Late Night in 1977 – Podcast 108
There’s a saying that goes, “Tragedy plus time equals comedy.” We’ve adapted that to say, “Golden age adult film plus time equals The Rialto Report.” And that’s because we’re particularly interested in...
View ArticleWhen C.J. Laing Opened the Ultra Room
In the 1970s, the wildest city in America was probably San Francisco. And the wildest place in San Francisco was probably the O’Farrell Theatre. And the wildest room in the O’Farrell Theatre was...
View ArticleWhen Hollywood Met XXX: Aldo Ray Makes a Porn Film
Take Andy Warhol’s sex-as-artistic statement, Blue Movie (1969), Marlon Brando and his butter in Last Tango in Paris (1972), or Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie and their are-they-really-doing-it...
View ArticleAdult Video News – The Fourth Year (1986)
By its fourth year in 1986, Adult Video News (AVN) had evolved from an 8-page newsletter with limited production values to a glossy magazine whose pages numbered over 80 an issue. Publishers Paul...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Dolly Sharp, Part 1: Who Is Dolly Sharp? – Podcast 109
Much has been written about the film Deep Throat since it premiered in New York in June 1972. You may even know the story by now… how the film was the biggest hit of the ‘porno chic’ phenomenon, how it...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Dolly Sharp, Part 2: Who Is Helen Wood? – Podcast 110
In the first part of ‘The Secret Life of Dolly Sharp’, I went in search for the enigmatic Deep Throat actor with the mysterious past, who seemed to disappear from the face of the earth back in 1972. I...
View ArticleAvon Films: Elroy Brandy – Part 5, The Shooter
In this edition of The Rialto Report, we return to the scene of the crime: Avon Films. After breaking the stories of the man behind the Avon theaters, as well as the filmmakers Phil Prince and Joe...
View ArticleAdam Film World (1970) – A Profile of S.M.U.T.
Several years after its inception, Adam Film World was continuing to erase the boundaries between mainstream and adult films, American and European films. From Fellini to Russ Meyer, film reviews were...
View ArticleSurfing with Vicky: Christy Canyon remembers Victoria Paris
Victoria Paris, adult film star of the video era, passed away on August 10th, 2021, aged 60. She appeared in almost 200 films between 1987 and 1997, won numerous awards, and was a member of the various...
View ArticleSpecial Pass: Live Show – 1971
And lo in the beginning there were live shows. Live nude sex shows – in which the stars weren’t fully nude and didn’t actually have sex. But in the wake of the sexual revolution, before the advent of...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Dolly Sharp, Part 3: Whatever Happened to Dolly Sharp? –...
In the first part of ‘The Secret Life of Dolly Sharp’, I went in search for the enigmatic Deep Throat actor with the mysterious past, who seemed to disappear from the face of the earth back in 1972. I...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Dolly Sharp, Part 4: Whatever Happened to Helen Wood? –...
In the first part of the mini-series ‘The Secret Life of Dolly Sharp’, I went in search for the enigmatic Deep Throat actor with the mysterious past, who seemed to disappear from the face of the earth...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Dolly Sharp – The (Short) Movie
In our four-part podcast series The Secret Life of Dolly Sharp, we follow Ashley West’s search for the enigmatic Deep Throat actor with the mysterious past, his discovery of her successful career on...
View ArticleTake-Off (1978): Memories of Peter Scolari
The actor Peter Scolari passed away this week. He was 66. He was a versatile comic performer who was best known for his television roles in Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks, Newhart in the 1980s, and for...
View ArticleWakefield Poole: Theater, Dance and Porn – Podcast 14 (reprise)
The film director, Wakefield Poole, passed away this week. He was 85. I remember a girlfriend once catching me sat behind a pile of men’s magazines. Playboy, Mandate, Cheri magazine… I was engrossed in...
View ArticleRialto Report T-Shirts are back!
Due to popular demand, we’re bringing back a limited run of our signature Rialto Report t-shirts. It’s been seven years since they were last available when they sold out within weeks. Shirts will only...
View ArticleRialto Report T-Shirts are back!
Due to popular demand, we’re bringing back a limited run of our signature Rialto Report t-shirts. It’s been seven years since they were last available when they sold out within weeks. Shirts will only...
View ArticleF.M. Bradley: Hiding in Plain Sight – Podcast 113
Let’s admit something: as much as the so-called golden age of adult film was a glamorous era, where sex movies competed with Hollywood blockbusters in theaters across the country, it wasn’t the most...
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