9th September 2018
Adult Film Locations – Part 12: The Misty Beethoven Mansion
We re-visit the (two) Italianate country mansions featured in Radley Metzger’s The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976).
Articles
The Rialto Report is proud to present a series of exclusive articles, interviews, and investigative journalism relating to the golden age of adult film.
2nd September 2018
Adult Cinema Review: The Complete 1981 Issues
We look back at the first year of the east coast film magazine Adult Cinema Review – with the full year’s collection digitized.
26th August 2018
Whatever Happened to Levi Richards? – The Journey to Hart Island
Levi Richards was a good looking, B-list adult film actor in New York. And then he committed suicide.
19th August 2018
AFAA Award Ceremonies: A Pictorial History, Part 1 (1977 – 1980)
The Adult Film Association of America (AFAA) hosted annual Erotic Awards from 1977 until 1986.
29th July 2018
High Society: 1976, The First Year – An Issue by Issue Guide
We look back at the first year of High Society, issue-by-issue, including newly digitized copies.
22nd July 2018
Eric Edwards: The Women of My Life – Chris Jordan, Arcadia Lake, and Renee Summers
Eric Edwards shares his memories of the women in his life.
8th July 2018
Cinema-X Review: The Rise and Fall (and the complete 1980 issues)
We remember Cinema-X Review with Jason Russell, and also re-publish the 1980 issues.
24th June 2018
Adam Film World: The Complete 1980 Issues
We continue our digitization project by looking at the west coast film magazine Adam Film World – and the issues from 1980.
17th June 2018
The Search for the Model in the Picture: A Story of Leather Boots, Whips, and High Heels
Who was the mystery model from a 1970s photo shoot?
27th May 2018
Flick magazine: 1977 – 1978 – The Complete Set
Last year we republished the first 8 issues of Flick – a New York magazine dedicated to covering adult films. Here are the rest.
20th May 2018
‘Dirty Movies’ (1975): The Unpublished Autobiography of George McDonald
The Rialto Report is making George McDonald’s unpublished autobiography available online.
6th May 2018
Adult Video News – The Industry Bible, The First Year (1983-84)
An oral history of the XXX industry’s bible – with the full first 12 issues available online.
