Adult Cinema Review: The Complete 1981 Issues

We continue our digitization project with the east coast film magazine Adult Cinema Review – looking at who was behind publication of the magazine and reviewing all the issues from 1981, its first year in business.

These issues include interviews with Angel Cash, Desiree Cousteau, Mai Lin, Gerard Damiano, and Becky Savage, features on movies such as Amanda By Night, Neon Nights, The Tiffany Mix, and Pandora’s Mirror, and much more.

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Adult Cinema Review: 1981

The first issue of Adult Cinema Review was published in July 1981. Its mission was clear from the start: it would provide pictorials from the latest east and west coast adult films, interviews with directors and stars, and copious industry news and insider gossip. The magazines also contained ads – and lots of them – for films (“Impossible Sex Acts from European Films”), aphrodisiacs (“Spanish Fly – Fast Acting New Formula), Chinese sex dolls (“From The Land of the Diminutive People Comes Kim – Your Little Personal Doll”), and more.

But who was behind the magazine?

The names on the masthead in the first year remained consistent: ‘J. Stephen Corrothers’ was Publisher, ‘Alberto Fazzi’ was Executive Editor, ‘Constance Whitbread’ was Managing Editor, and ‘Boz Crawford’ was Editorial Consultant. None of these names were known to the adult film business in New York – but the format of the magazine suggested that the staff were very familiar with the business. For a start, the industry gossip was extensive and clearly came from well-informed and trusted sources. Many of the film features were previews of movies that hadn’t yet appeared in theaters, indicating that the publishers had an inside track. Finally the list of contributors were recruited from the New York scene – and included notables such as Annie Sprinkle, Carter Stevens, Jody Maxwell, and Ron Jeremy. The magazine was more explicit that most of the other titles available at the time – such as High Society and Adam Film World – and perhaps it was for this reason that the publishers and editors used pseudonymous identities.

In fact the team behind Adult Cinema Review were mostly well-known veterans of the business: ‘J. Stephen Corrothers’ was Murray Traub, ‘Alberto Fazzi’ was the Tony DeStefano, ‘Constance Whitbread’ was Dian Hanson, and ‘Boz Crawford’ was Peter Wolff.

Peter Wolff was the veteran magazine publishing genius who had cut his teeth at Bachelor, Ace!, and High Society magazines, and went on to edit Cheri magazine with great success in the mid 1970s.

Dian Hanson (whose husband Bobby was principal photographer for Adult Cinema Review) had started in publishing in 1976 as associate editor of the upscale porn magazine Puritan. She went on to other adult and biker magazines, including Partner, Hooker, Harvey, Outlaw Biker, Hawgs, Juggs, Bust Out!, and Leg Show.

Murray Traub, born Murray Weintraub, owned Goshen Litho Inc., a printing company, and was a veteran publisher of erotic books and magazines. Among his more prominent titles was Oui magazine – published by Laurent Publishing, one of his companies – which he purchased from Playboy Enterprises in 1981.

Together they created Adult Cinema Review, a magazine that had a surprisingly long life. It was published, under different management, for the next 25 years, until its last issue in 2006.

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July 1981 (Vol 1, No. 1)
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Contents:

– Flash – Girls U.S.A. – How to get a porn star to screw for you, by Annie Sprinkle – Neon Nights – Passion (aka Seka’s Fantasies) – Desire for Men – Win a date with your favorite porn star – Gerard Damiano interview – Angel Cash interview – Industry gossip

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August 1981 (Vol 1, No. 2)
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Contents:

– Wicked Sensations – Same Time Every Year – Filthy Rich – Pandora’s Mirror – Mary Guskos (aka Marilyn Gee) interview – Beauty – Adult theater listings – Desiree Cousteau interview – Industry gossip

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September 1981 (Vol 1, No. 3)
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Contents:

– Kiss & Tell – Amanda By Night – Mai Lin interview – The Tale of Tiffany Lust – Extremes – Annie Ample interview – Chris Cassidy and Roxanne Potts (aka Cody Nicole) – Tinseltown – Lips – Adult theater listings – Industry gossip

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October 1981 (Vol 1, No. 4)
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Contents:

– Twilight Pink – Becky Savage interview – Carol Doda reports from Gerard Damiano movie set – Centerfold Fever – Sparky Vasc interview – Adult theater listings – Industry gossip – Where to buy sex features on videotape

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November 1981 (Vol 1, No. 5)
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Contents:

– Piper Smith interview – Outlaw Ladies – Delicious – The Tiffany Minx – Bad Girls – Helen Melon, the 350 pound sex star – Adult theater listings – Industry gossip

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December 1981 (Vol 1, No. 6)
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Contents:

– Sveltana‘s Bad Girls – Anna Ventura interview – Spark Vasc writes from jail – Long Jean Silver interview – The Electric Lady (aka Randy The Electric Lady) – Fred Lincoln and Tiffany Clark – Europorn – Adult theater listings – Industry gossip

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