12th February 2023
R.I.P. Lowell Pickett and Arlene Elster – San Francisco Pioneers
Lowell Pickett and Arlene Elster, two pioneers of the San Francisco XXX industry, passed away recently. This is their story.
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.
5th February 2023
‘Hot Summer In The City’ – What Happened…? The Story According to Gail Palmer (and Peter Sagal)
Who directed the controversial 1976 film ‘Hot Summer in the City’?
29th January 2023
Ghostwriting Gail Palmer
The posters proclaimed that Gail Palmer was “The First Female Director of Triple X Films” – but was the truth behind her involvement in adult films?
11th December 2022
Barbra Streisand (and Rita Bennett) in ‘Cycle Sluts’ (1970): The Sex Film within a Film
There are several reasons to check out the Barbra Streisand film, ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ (1970).
27th November 2022
Cheri magazine in 1979: An Issue by Issue Guide
We look back at Cheri magazine in 1979, with an issue-by-issue guide, including newly digitized copies of each magazine.
13th November 2022
Bernard’s – Adult Film’s Social Center: Strippers, Porn Stars, Broadway Plays… and Onion Soup
Bernard’s bar was the social epicenter of New York adult film.
30th October 2022
Farewell Isabelle: The Unusual Life of Anna Gaël, star of Radley Metzger’s ‘Therese and Isabelle’
Anna Gaël, star of Radley Metzger’s Therese and Isabelle, passed away last month.
23rd October 2022
Alex Mann: “I was the Marlon Brando of Adult Films”
Alex Mann was the renaissance man of the adult film business – and a pimp and live sex show performer too. This is his story.
18th September 2022
The Trials of Chesty Morgan – Doris Wishman, Fellini, The Law and Me, Part 2 – Podcast 122
Chesty Morgan makes ‘Deadly Weapons’ and ‘Double Agent 73’, and acts with Donald Sutherland.
11th September 2022
The Trials of Chesty Morgan – The Ice Box Murders, Hitler, Burlesque and Me, Part 1
Chesty Morgan’s early life was marked by horror, beset by war, murder, and financial struggles.
14th August 2022
The Mystery of the Matador who Sang at the Met: ‘Maraschino Cherry’s Marc Valentine
Did adult film performer, Marc Valentine, sing with Luciano Pavarotti at the Met?
3rd July 2022
New York, 1979 – March on Times Square
We look back at the 1979 March on Times Square protest against pornography, and other demonstrations from the 1970s.
