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Penthouse Sweet
While working as a cartoonist for the English weekly 'The London American' in 1964, Bob Guccione called the magazine’s editor and a few others into his office to show them a carefully compiled mock-up for a men’s magazine. An idea he’d toyed with for some time and desperate to get it off the ground, the magazine’s front cover displayed the somewhat nondescript title ‘Penthouse’. [more] |
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Holmes' Place
In March of 1988, the New York Times published the obituary of one John Curtis Holmes, the first, and probably last, male porn star ever to be honored in such distinguished company. [more] |
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A Minor Problem - The Traci Lords Story
On a now fateful Saturday afternoon in May 1986, the American porn industry, currently riding high on the video explosion of the early eighties, was hit by what still remains one of the most controversial scandals ever to grace the Hollywood hills. [more] |
