Gloria Leonard Archives - The Rialto Report

7th June 2026

Tanqueray becomes a sensation on the burlesque scene in 1970s New York before designing costume for XXX films.

9th June 2024

Deep Inside Porn Stars (1984) was a performance piece featuring the members of Club 90.

27th August 2023

Peter Andrews was a stalwart of the 1970s adult film scene – appearing in around 50 films and loops in the mid 1970s. This is his story.

25th September 2022

More outrageous, unpublished photographs from the recently acquired archives of Stag magazine.

28th August 2022

Unpublished, outrageous photographs from the recently acquired archives of Stag magazine.

14th August 2022

Did adult film performer, Marc Valentine, sing with Luciano Pavarotti at the Met?

7th August 2022

Previously unpublished photographs from the first Critics Adult Film awards ceremony at the Copacabana in New York in 1981.

19th December 2021

High Society expanded its focus in 1980, as well as renewing its focus on the adult film industry in New York at the time.

23rd May 2021

Gloria Leonard’s launch of ‘Celebrity Skin’ magazine was met by lawsuits from the likes of Barbra Streisand.

9th May 2021

High Society expanded its focus in 1979, inventing the celebrity nude profile and featuring clothed celebrities as well.

14th June 2020

Who was responsible for High Society in its early years, after Gloria Leonard took over as publisher?

14th July 2019

We speak with Gloria Leonard about High Society and how she became the magazine’s ‘publisher’.