‘Blowdry’ (1976): How a New York Free-Love Artist's Commune Made a Porno TheRialtoReport.com How a communal-living, clothing-optional, sex-positive, drug-friendly, interior-decorating, urban-renewal, film-making, kibbutz-family made a pornographic film, ‘Blowdry.’

Happy New Year from The Rialto Report! Nude in New York - The Photos of Bob Adelman TheRialtoReport.com We recently discovered a collection of Adelman's photographs of adult film stars, taken on the streets of New York in the early 1980s – which we are showing on our website

The Rialto Report returns next week from vacation with more X-rated tales from 1970s NYC…

Darby Lloyd Rains – Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Act 1) TheRialtoReport.com How did a middle-class girl go from aspiring to be a folk singer, to working as a dominatrix, dating one of Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers, acting in ‘The French Connection’, and then making adult films?

Darby Lloyd Rains – Why Do Fools Fall In Love? – Part 2 TheRialtoReport.com The concluding part of our interview with Darby Lloyd Rains - perhaps the ultimate Rialto Report golden age presence in New York.

Leonard Kirtman: The Interview The XXX Money Maker - Part 1, The Early Years TheRialtoReport.com Leonard Kirtman may be the most prolific adult filmmaker from the golden age. Between the late 1960s and the mid 1980s, he made scores of shot-on-film movies This is his story.

Leonard Kirtman: The XXX Money Maker - Part 2, The Hardcore Years TheRialtoReport.com In the 1970s, he made cult films such as Unwilling Lovers, The Devil Inside Her, The Affairs of Janice, Sex Wish, and The Farmer's Daughters. And then he shot 22 35mm films in two months…

Orita De Chadwick: To Hell and Back Her Untold, Shocking Story – Part 1 TheRialtoReport.com Orita De Chadwick was an instantly recognizable figure in early Los Angeles adult films: her blonde hair, high cheekbones, and statuesque physique. This is her interview.

Orita De Chadwick: To Hell and Back Her Untold, Shocking Story – Part 2 TheRialtoReport.com In this second part of the interview, Orita talks about the films she made, and reveals the dramatic events in her life after she left the XXX film business.

Susan Hart – Confidences and Confidence, Part 1: New Podcast Out Now! TheRialtoReport.com Susan Hart was a prolific actress in the California video explosion of the mid 1980s. She still can’t understand why she did adult films, but we hope she’s happy about this interview.

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Susan Hart – Confidences and Confidence, Part 2: New Podcast Out Now! TheRialtoReport.com The emotional, concluding episode of our interview with Susan Hart, star of the 1980s XXX video explosion in California. And why did she agree to an interview after all these years?

Who was Antonio Shepherd? The Making of ‘7 Into Snowy’ (1978) and ‘Chorus Call’ (1978) – Part 1 TheRialtoReport.com The Rialto Report went looking for the elusive director of the two XXX cult films.

Who was Antonio Shepherd? The Making of ‘7 Into Snowy’ (1978) and ‘Chorus Call’ (1978) – Part 2 TheRialtoReport.com How did Antonio Shepherd go from making adult films to animated hits such as ‘Iron Man’ (1994), ‘Fantastic Four’ (1994), and ‘Spider-Man’ (1994-1995)?

Adult Film Locations – The wild, untold, salacious rock n’ roll story of the Bourn Mansion! TheRialtoReport.com It was one of the grandest mansions in the world with glittering society balls and salacious rock n’ roll parties. How did it end up in 1970s adult films?

Tonight! Join us for an event honoring the publication of ‘Man of Taste: The Erotic Cinema of Radley Metzger’ by Rob King. Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 6:15 pm EDT In person at the Heyman Center and online via Zoom. Registration required. sofheyman.org/events/celebra…

Sue Flaken’s Sliding Doors – The Mystery of the Original Miss Jones – New Podcast! TheRialtoReport.com Including involvement from Allen Ginsberg, Tommy Lee Jones, Harry Smith, Al Gore, the Chelsea Hotel, Terry Southern, industrial quantities of hallucinogenic drugs, and more

Take Off (1978): Rare and Unpublished Photos The Rialto Report returns today with a new season, with photographs from Armand Weston's Take Off (1978), with Georgina Spelvin), Wade Nichols, Lesllie Bovee, Annette Haven, and Eric Edwards.

Adam Film World 1984: All Issues Digitized! TheRialtoReport.com This week we re-publish all the issues from Adam Film World in 1984… Pia Zadora, Daryl Hannah, Jacqueline Bisset, and adult performers including Seka, Kelly Nichols, Kay Parker, plus profiles of adult films!

Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story – Part 1: The Early Years New Podcast Now! TheRialtoReport.com Who was the enigmatic Wade Nichols, one of the great New York adult film stars – described as The Clark Gable of XXX – a gay man starring in straight movies?