Behind the Scenes at the Melody Burlesk: Unpublished Photos
What was it like back stage at the Melody Burlesk – the legendary New York burlesque theater?
The Rialto Report is proud to present a series of exclusive photo essays and collections relating to all aspects of the golden age of adult film in New York and beyond.
What was it like back stage at the Melody Burlesk – the legendary New York burlesque theater?
A selection of her candid photographs taken on the sets of adult films – featuring Seka, Ginger Lynn, Ron Sullivan and more.
We re-visit the locations of the famed adult film – and the publicity caused by the film by Pratt Institute and the Dallas Cowboys.
We look at the strange back-story of one of the more notable adult films made in New York in the 1970s.
Today Roy Stuart is a renowned high-art erotic photographer and filmmaker. But he started out in New York’s adult film scene in the 1970s.
Terri Hall was close friends with the New York artist Sir Alex Schloss. We feature photos of her taken by Alex in the early 1970s.
We visit the location of the pioneering gay adult film ‘Boys In The Sand’ (1971) – a stunning home on Fire Island.
Previously unpublished photos from private collections documenting the life of Tina Russell.
As pornography gained greater exposure in the 1970s, the anti-pornography movement, Women Against Pornography (WAP), emerged as a key opposition group.
Robert Mapplethorpe took a number of photographs of porn stars in the 1970s, including Terri Hall, Marc Stevens, and Veronica Vera.
Unpublished pictures of Desiree Cousteau following the release of ‘Deep Rub’ (1979).
We re-visit the mysterious locations of Radley Metzger’s ‘Naked Came The Stranger’ (1975).