9th March 2025
Susan Hart – Confidences and Confidence, Part 1: Podcast 149
Susan Hart was a prolific actress in the California XXX video explosion of the mid 1980. She has never told her story – until now.
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Chasing Butterflies: Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida – Part 2, José Prieto’s story – Podcast 146
2nd March 2025
Orita De Chadwick: To Hell and Back, Part 2
The second part of our interview with Orita De Chadwick in which she recalls her movie roles and reveals what happened after she left films.
23rd February 2025
Orita De Chadwick: To Hell and Back, Part 1
Orita De Chadwick was an instantly recognizable figure in early Los Angeles adult films. Her story is one of the most dramatic we’ve covered.
16th February 2025
Leonard Kirtman: The XXX Money Maker – Part 2, The Hardcore Years
In the 1970s, Leonard Kirtman changed his filmmaking model to shoot explicit sex films.
9th February 2025
Leonard Kirtman: The XXX Money-Maker – Part 1, The Early Years
Leonard Kirtman may be the most prolific adult filmmaker from the golden age. So who was he?
2nd February 2025
NYC Starlets – Part 5: Darby Lloyd Rains – Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Act 2)
The second part of the story of Darby’s career in New York adult films – and her disappearance.
26th January 2025
NYC Starlets – Part 5: Darby Lloyd Rains – Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (Act 1)
Darby Lloyd Rains was one of the porn pioneers, starting in 8mm loops before making one day wonders.
5th January 2025
Nude in New York – The Photos of Bob Adelman
The Rialto Report has discovered a collection of Bob Adelman’s photos of XXX stars taken on the streets of New York in the early 1980s.
15th December 2024
‘Blowdry’ (1976): How a New York Free-Love Artist Commune Made a Porno
How did a clothing-optional, sex-positive, drug-friendly, film-making, kibbutz-family make a porno?
8th December 2024
Indoors on a Rainy Day – with Roberta Findlay and C.J. Laing
An account of what it was like to be a fly on the wall of the set of Roberta Findlay’s ‘Sweet Punkin’ I Love You…’ (1976) starring C.J. Laing.
1st December 2024
A Taija Rae Photo Shoot (1986)
A previously unpublished photo shoot from 1986 of Taija Rae, one of the best loved stars of the mid-to late 1980s, star of films like ‘Raw Talent’ (1984) and others.
24th November 2024
The Passing of Abigail Clayton: A Fleeting Conversation
Abigail Clayton, star of San Francisco adult films, who appeared in cult films like ‘Bye Bye Monkey’ (1978) and ‘Maniac’ (1980), has passed.
