Comments on: Working On “The Deuce” Led Me To An Amazing Site

By: BT

BT — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:29:48 +0000

Mike: This post has ruined my life – after going to The Rialto Report, I’m spending all of my free time (and some time that I really should be working) reading the amazing Golden Age stories those folks have put together and listening to the podcasts. It takes me back to the first time I walked into an adult theater – in my case, it was 1972 and it was one of those former movie palaces in my home town that had fallen on hard times because of its location, losing customers to the multi-plexes at the malls, and had been converted into an “art house.” I remember watching Lisa de Leuw, Gloria Leonard, Veronica Hart, Marilyn, and others on the big, big screen – pussies and cocks larger than life. It not only brings back memories, but its tinged a little with the sadness that sometimes comes with nostalgia as I see photos of Jennifer Welles looking a little bag ladyish in a Walmart; Richard Bolla sitting in a down-on-your-luck cluttered apartment, in sweat pants and a dirty tee-shirt, nearly broke after paying for cancer treatments for his cat; Eric Edwards requiring a fund-raiser because he can’t pay his bills; remembering that Marilyn Chambers was found several days dead in a double-wide trailer; and realizing that Erica Boyer, Lisa, Kandi Barbour and others died under tragic circumstances. More recently, Herschel Savage revealed that he’s basically broke. The movies then were glamourous, and yet so many of the golden age era actors not only failed to just fall into boring middle class lives, they’re leading somewhat desperate lives.

Porn eats its young.

By: schlermy

schlermy — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:37:21 +0000

Wow, I saw some rare pics of Lysa Thatcher. That alone was worth the price of admission!

By: BT

BT — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:15:31 +0000

In reply to MikeSouth.

Show World in NYC had live sex shows back in the 70’s (not that I would know). Well, OK, I would know. When I saw them, the audience was in booths behind glass and not in a room with the performers. I was once at the Mitchell Brothers theater in San Francisco, and, while I don’t remember live sex shows – male/female – I did go into the theater to watch an X-rated movie and a “hostess” offered me a hand job, blow job or intercourse, right there in the theater. Fortunately – or unfortunately – I was a poor 20-something and didn’t have enough money to take her up on the offer.

By: mharris127

mharris127 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:53:32 +0000

In reply to LurkingReader. I think it is "They Call it the Streak" but that is a funny song. Shoes would look funny on naked people, too.

By: LurkingReader

LurkingReader — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:38:02 +0000

Lived down the shore and spent a lot of time in the city at father’s restaurants through the 70’s. Boom boxes blasting Ray Stevens ‘They Call it the Steak’…. to this day I chuckle over how funny shoes look on naked people 🙂

By: Skirm

Skirm — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 03:17:51 +0000

The Rialto Report’s podcasts are amazing. So are their articles and photos. I love their segment on revisiting filming locations from classic adult films. Anyone that enjoys the golden age of adult cinema would love the Rialto site.

By: Karmafan

Karmafan — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:46:15 +0000

In reply to MikeSouth. It was NYC. We decided to have lunch at a Soul Food BBQ. Did not know what soul food meant but we knew what BBQ is. We went in got a tray and went thru the line Cafeteria style and got some BBQ and sat at a table to eat it. Took us a while to notice we were the only white faces in the restaurant of about 75-100 people. I was raised so people are people and it don't matter what color you are but some of the folks eating were unhappy that we were there. Luckily nothing bad happened other then us getting some mean, angry, stares.

By: MikeSouth

MikeSouth — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:39:33 +0000

In reply to Dirty Bob. DB you should hit that site I bet they would LOVE to have some of your pics and stories.

By: MikeSouth

MikeSouth — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:34:45 +0000

In reply to Karmafan. Sounds to me like you are describing The Mitchell Brothers OFarrel Street Theater in San Francisco...not that I would know LOL

By: Dirty Bob

Dirty Bob — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:04:46 +0000

Great pic of Tiffany Clark and the good old days – Barry “Suitcase” Kalfin should be getting a kick out of seeing this old shot of his better half!