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The Godfather of Porn, Gerard Damiano is dead at the age of 80. With over 50 films to his credit, he will forever be remembered for the Linda Lovelace ground breaker, Deep Throat (1972) which ushered in the Golden Age of Porn. No longer viewed as obscene filth, porn became “chic” and well-dressed couples began showing up at theaters right alongside the raincoat brigade. You just weren’t hip unless you could say, “I saw it.”
Due in part to protesters, the film became a phenomenon and one of the biggest money makers of all time. Made for just $25,000, it has gone to make upwards of 600 million, perhaps the most profitable film of all time. Thanks, Christian Right!
In the AP photo above, protesters hang out in front of a 42nd St. theater where Deep Throat plays on a bill with The Devil in Miss Jones, directed by Damiano in 1973 and starred Georgina Spelvin, who oddly was working in craft service at the time of casting and was subsequently cast in the lead.
I recommend Flesh & Blood #1 for further reading on Damiano and his films.
I gotta admit, I have a soft spot for some of the old trashy women’s magazines, especially really specific ones like Real Nurse Stories or True Romance girly comics.
When Miriam Linna published the first issue of her killer little zine called Smut Peddler! in 1992 I couldn’t be more excited. I would have bought anything with that name with or without the exclamation point. Presumably named after the 60s trash film “Smut Peddlers”, Lina’s digest-sized wonder was published out of New York City with a P.O. Box at Cooper Station, which probably made me a neighbor of Linna since I lived in that neighborhood from 1993-2002.
