We look back at the west coast publication Adam Film World by re-publishing all the issues published from 1978 and 1979.
These issues include a series of articles on mainstream stars including Elvis Presley, Jacqueline Bisset, Lee Marvin, and Hedy Lamarr; adult performers including Sue McBain, Ming Toy, and Uschi Digard; and profiles of films including Pretty Peaches, People, and Taxi Girls; and much more.
Fully digitized copies of each 1978-1979 magazine can be found below. You can find The Rialto Report’s growing collection of digitized resources by choosing Library in our site menu.
Click on the covers below to access the full magazines. Due to the fact that the magazines are scanned in high definition, allow time for each page to load. If you are viewing on a phone, view in landscape orientation.
Magazines are fully searchable; use the icon displayed in each magazine to search by keyword.
Publications are being shared here purely for the purpose of research. They should not to be used or reproduced for any commercial gain.
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Adam Film World: The Complete 1978 Issues
February 1978 (Vol 6, No. 9)
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-James Bond’s horny harem -X-raters and legits move closer together -International adult film reviews including The Great Sex Burglar, Dutch Treat, and Candy’s Candy -Elvis Presley’s secret sex capers -U.S. adult film reviews including Snow White Comes of Age, Foxy Lady, and Sylvia -Inside the Roman sex circus -How to be a porn stud -Adult film short takes |
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April 1978 (Vol 6, No. 10)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including The Other Side of Julie, China de Sade, Candy Stripers, Joy, V: the Hot One, Virgin Dreams –Sylvia Kristel: the new queen of kinky sex -Poll shows public favors porn film ads -Sex bomb hits Japan -I’m a fluff girl for porn flicks -Hollywood hot line -Rocky’s raunchy reel -The San Juan sinema club -International adult film reviews including Demoniacs -Adult film short takes |
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June 1978 (Vol 6, No. 11)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including Maraschino Cherry, Sex World, Butterflies, Feelings, Reflections -An interview with Gary Crosby -Cut & print: book reviews -It’s Blue Oscar time! – X-Calibur Awards -International adult film reviews including Tokyo Emanuelle, House of Freaks, Teenage Masseuse (Italy) –Bing Crosby: Hollywood’s Genuine Immortal -Hollywood hot line -Italian porn industry in slump -Sexy movie monsters -Adult film short takes |
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August 1978 (Vol 6, No. 12)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including Inside Jennifer Welles, The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova, Lipps & McCain, From Holly with Love, If You Don’t Stop It You’ll Go Blind -The lunatic love life of Zsa Zsa Gabor -Cut & print: book reviews -International adult film reviews including Snapshots from Mona Q, Shame School, Memoirs of a Psychoanalyst -Hollywood hot line -I get paid to film people balling -Adult film short takes |
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October 1978 (Vol 7, No. 1)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including The Health Spa, Exploring Young Girls, Chorus Call, Erotic Adventures of Candy, Disco Sex –Jackie Bisset: the reluctant nude -Should porn stars have to test sex aids they endorse? -Third annual X-Calibur Awards -Hollywood hot line -Women’s roles dominate 31st Cannes Festival -The perils of porn: profile of Sue McBain -Sex and sadism in Horrorwood -International adult film reviews including Snapshots from Mona Q, Shame School, Memoirs of a Psychoanalyst, Lady Chatterly in Tokyo -Adult film short takes |
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Adam Film World: The Complete 1979 Issues
January 1979 (Vol 7, No. 2)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including The China Cat, Superstar, Disco Lady, Seven Into Snowy, Hot Cookies, Skin Flicks, The Fur Trap -The sex mad world of Anthony Quinn -Will Sean Connery climb back into James Bond’s saddle? -The second annual Erotica Awards -Hollywood hot line -Erotic fare runs riot on Italian TV screens -International adult film reviews including Tragedy of a Music Teacher -Pretty baby: mini-harlot -Cut & print: book reviews -Adult film short takes |
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March 1979 (Vol 7, No. 3)
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-Original “Blue Oscar” Awards replaced by Erotica -International adult film reviews including The Joy of Fooling Around, The Night Prowlers -Last Tango for Maria Schneider -The porn film I’d most like to see: reader contest -U.S. adult film reviews including Pretty Peaches, All About Gloria Leonard, Sexual Encounters of Every Kind, Little Orphan Dusty, Take Off –Aldo Ray goes x-rated -Hollywood hot line -The casting couch: alive and jumping! -Adult film short takes |
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May 1979 (Vol 7, No. 4)
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-Carol Connors rides high in Chicago sky -International adult film reviews including Gate of Flesh –Warren Beatty: Hollywood’s hotest lover -The porn film I’d most like to see: the first winners -U.S. adult film reviews including People, Honeymoon Haven, Misbehavin’, Please Please Me, Pussycat Ranch, Big Thumbs -The sexual safari of Joan Collins -Hollywood hot line -Telefantasy -Problems of a porn stud -The erotic world of foreign films -What kind of porn movies turn women on? -Adult film short takes |
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July 1979 (Vol 7, No. 5)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including Strangers, The Little Blue Box, Shoppe of Temptations, Debbie Does Dallas, Bad Penny, Midnight Graduate, Here Comes the Bride, Carnal’s Cuties –Lee Marvin‘s sexy new image -International adult film reviews including Gate of Flesh -The porn film I’d most like to see: more winners –George C. Scott in Hardcore –Angie Dickinson takes it all off -Hollywood hot line -Adult film short takes |
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September 1979 (Vol 7, No. 6)
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-Memphis anti-porn law thrown out -U.S. adult film reviews including 800 Fantasy Lane, Heavenly Desire, Taxi Girls, One Way at a Time, Jack n’ Jill, Visions -King Leer: Russ Meyer profile –Uschi Digard interview -Lights, camera…and a lot of action! -The Hollywood horrors -Sissy’s hot summer -The bizarre erotic world of Fellini -International adult film reviews including Laura’s Desires, Madame Black Rose -Hollywood hot line -Adult film short takes |
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November 1979 (Vol 7, No. 7)
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-U.S. adult film reviews including More Than Sisters, Candy Goes to Hollywood, Blonde Fire, Lust Flight 2000, Babylon Pink, Tangerine -The zany world of Hedy Lamarr –Ming Toy interview -The Cannes game -International adult film reviews including Sex and Fury, Fantasm Comes Again -Spanking in the movies -Hollywood hot line -Adult film short takes |
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I Like Uschi Digard Was So Sexy From The 70s Awesome Article Keep Up Good Work
Thanks Jeff!
The service you have provided by digitizing these seminal magazines that covered the adult industry in its infancy is second-to-none.
You are to be thanked hugely for this.
I was browsing an issue (NOV 79 – Vol 7 / Edition 7) when much to my surprise in the back of magazine advertisements was an advertisement for Baudelaire’s erotic poem (page 71)…someone actually selling erotic litearture.
We really appreciate that Hans!
Another Sunday, another brilliant and important post.
My unending gratitude to all concerned.
Thanks so much Bob!
I can’t lie, RR: the ads in these mags are almost as enjoyable as the main content!
It’s amazing folks were still trying to sell ‘Tijuana Bibles’. 🙂
Agreed – the ads are gold!
I’ve been looking for a copy of the film “Big Thumbs” for over 40 years. Great to see a review of the film in the May 1979 magazine. Now if I can only find a DVD or Blueray copy.
Another treasure trove of information for the frequent insomniac. Thank you!!!!
You are both such snazzy people who, in my eyes, are truly living the dream. To be so fully immersed in this world and moment in time that you can stay there as long as you like. To be able to speak to the performers and people. To have all these wonderful pieces of ephemera that would surely, eventually be lost—but for the fact that you share them with all of us.
Sometimes I dream of going back to a world and a time when things were, perhaps in some way, better. At the very least, they were more colorful, and characters walked and talked and lived on every street corner. There is a sad sameness to the world today, but the RR lets me escape, for a little while.
Thanks for the issues of Adam Film World.