The Rialto Report

This week we return to one of The Rialto Report’s earliest and most downloaded interviews. Long Jeanne Silver – adult film actress and stripper from the 1970s and 1980s – joins us to talk about her life and memories. With thanks to Josh Alan Friedman for the great picture above. Visit his website here . This episode running time is 68 minutes. ____________________________________...

Candida Royalle joins The Rialto Report to talk about her life and influential career as a pioneer in the adult film industry. With tales of Brooklyn beginnings, San Francisco in the 70s, the Cockettes , 8mm loops, John Holmes , Bob Chinn , John Leslie , New York in the 80s, Chuck Vincent , Larry Revene , Femme Productions , learning how to skateboard for Pizza Girls …. and much more. As she...

Three years ago, following the closure of AIM ( Adult Industry Medical Associates ) which she had founded and managed for over a decade, Sharon Mitchell left Los Angeles and the adult film industry in which she had featured so prominently for over 30 years. How does Sharon Mitchell remember her early days as a porn star in New York in the 1970s, and on the West Coast in the 1980s. How did she come...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, Rick Savage talks about his life and career from being a dancer to a sex show performer to becoming a star in the California and New York adult film industries. With tales of Annette Haven , classical ballet, Shanna McCullough , Jim and Artie Mitchell , Video-X-Pix , Joe Sarno , live sex shows in Japan, Traci Lords , public sex in ‘The Streets of New Yor...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, Kay Parker talks about her beginnings in war time Birmingham in England to becoming a star in the California adult film industry. With tales of Sex World , Robert McCallum , Taboo , Annette Haven , Caballero , Joey Covington , Jefferson Airplane , Abigail Clayton , John Leslie , ‘V’: The Hot One , Firestorm , Traci Lords , Health Spa , Kat Sunlove...

Al Goldstein died in December 2013. He’d been the founder of Screw magazine, which helped break down legal barriers against pornography and raged against politicians, organized religion and anything that suggested good taste. On this special extended episode of The Rialto Report, we look back at Al’s life and legacy – with Al himself in one of his last interviews. We’re also plea...

This week The Rialto Report pays tribute to Gloria Leonard , who died last week, by reprising our 2013 interview with her. This episode running time is 60 minutes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The Rialto Report interviewed Gloria Leonard in July 2013. Our intention was to speak for a couple of hours about the first half of her life...

Veronica Vera joins The Rialto Report to talk with April Hall about her life in the New York sex scene in the 1980s, with tales of adult films, parties, wild clubs, testifying before the Meese Commission , lost weekends, writing, Gerard Damiano , the making of ‘Consenting Adults’ , Marc Stevens , Sharon Mitchell , Candida Royalle , Al Goldstein , cable TV shows, Marco Vassi, Robert Mapplethorpe ,...

On this edition of The Rialto Report, we’re joined by the enigmatic and elusive Jonas Middleton , director of Through the Looking Glass . Jonas grants us a rare interview to talk about his three X-rated films from the 1970s – Cherry Blossom (1972), Illusions of a Lady (1974), and Through the Looking Glass (1976) – religion, Catharine Burgess , Jamie Gillis , Christa Helm , Andrea...

On this special extended holiday edition of The Rialto Report, we’re joined by Richard Pacheco as well as his son Bobby and daughter Polly, to celebrate the publication of his autobiography Hindsight – True Love and Mischief in the Golden Age of Porn . With perspectives on everything from free love, the sexual revolution, marriage, fatherhood, performance issues, penis size, John Leslie , Jo...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we track down the mysterious Ray Horsch , director of The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig . With tales of drug smuggling, live sex shows, pornography, industrial espionage, forged Picasso etchings, Jayne Mansfield, Viet Nam desertion, counterfeit $10 bills, meth production, controversial art… and sex with a car? This episode running time is 101 m...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, April Hall and Laura Helen Marks go in search of the reclusive and elusive 1980s porn star Jeff Stryker . With tales of Jeff’s upbringing, his start as a male stripper, delivering balloon-o-grams, meeting John Travis , Matt Sterling and Chuck Holmes and entering the adult film business, the success of films like Powertool and Jamie Loves Jeff , his notor...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we present a previously unheard interview with the late Jamie Gillis , the adult film actor whose career started in 1971 and spanned the next 35 plus years, including memorable performances in films such as The Opening of Misty Beethoven , The Story of Joanna , The Seduction of Lyn Carter , and Neon Nights . This conversation focuses on his start in the busine...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we speak to Herschel Savage , the veteran adult film actor who entered the business in New York in 1976 and recently appeared in Paul Thomas’ The New Behind the Green Door. Tales of Mr Mustard , Sharon Mitchell , performing in live shows at Show World, Debbie Does Dallas , Joe Davian , Jamie Gillis , Marlene Willoughby , Times Square, Carter Stevens , an...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we speak to Seka – the last star of the golden age of adult film and the first star of the video era. Tales of John Holmes , John Leslie , Dracula Sucks , Swedish Erotica, drugs, boyfriends, Morton Downey Jr , Alan Thicke , Sam Kinison , comebacks, retirement, and her new book Inside Seka – all on this episode of The Rialto Report. This episode run...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we speak to Eric Edwards – adult film actor and director from the 1970s through to the 1990s. Tales of lives lived and loves lost.. 8mm loops, one-day wonders, feature films and video, Linda Lovelace , summer stock theater, John and Bo Derek , Waterpower , Arcadia Lake , Gerard Damiano , Renee Summers , Firestorm , Cecil Howard , Long Jean Silver , Chris...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we find out what happened to Helga Sven , star of 1980s adult films and magazine layouts, and also speak to a fan of hers who tracked her down and has his own unique story to tell. Tales of mid-1980s video porn, the Vegas mob, Stalin’s Red Army, John Holmes, child abduction, Frank Sinatra, arson, attempted murder, and Candy Samples – all on this ep...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we take a look at the making of the film Deep Throat – and are joined by Gerard Damiano Jr , son of the director of Deep Throat , and Eric Danville , author of The Complete Linda Lovelace . This episode running time is 80 minutes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ It was once said that history...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we’re joined by Uschi Digard – legendary star of 1970s sexploitation films and magazine spreads, and frequent collaborator of Russ Meyer . This episode running time is 67 minutes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Uschi Digard always seemed to be larger than life. She was an indestructib...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, we’re joined by Bob Chinn – director of the Johnny Wadd series of films starring John Holmes , as well as the man behind films such as Candy Stripers , Little Orphan Dusty , and Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls . We’re also pleased to welcome Jill Nelson – author of John Holmes: A Life Measured In Inches , and Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary...

On this episode The Rialto Report is joined by Susan McBain – star of the 1970’s New York adult film scene. This episode running time is 42 minutes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Susan McBain was one of the instantly recognizable actresses in 1970s New York adult film. She was a talented, witty actress, whose presence al...

On this episode The Rialto Report is joined by Gloria Leonard – the grand dame of the 1970’s New York adult film scene. This episode running time is 60 minutes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Gloria Leonard’s career in the adult film industry defies any attempt at a brief introduction. She started her career in the 1970s...

On this episode of The Rialto Report, Wakefield Poole talks with remarkable candor about his life as a independent filmmaker and pioneer of gay rights, and Jim Tushinski talks about his new documentary, I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield Poole . It’s a story of great highs, tragic lows, dance, films, drugs, acclaim, censorship, Fire Island, bath houses, AIDS, the mob, and much mo...

Shootings, murder plots, psychics, boat chases, fights – and that’s only what happened behind the scenes on the adult movie Captain Lust (1976). But what really happened on set? On this Rialto Report, we speak to the Steven Barry – the scriptwriter, Carter Stevens – the production manager, and finally Beau Buchanan – the film’s director, about the events of August 1976 and the shooting of Captain...

Robert Kerman , star of Debbie Does Dallas and scores of porn films in the 1970s and 1980s, joins the Rialto Report to talk about his life as a struggling actor in New York, driving a cab to make ends meet, his move into adult film work in New York, how he nearly broke into the mainstream – and how he feels about it all nowadays. This episode running time is 55 minutes. _____________________...