Annie Sprinkle, Veronica Vera, Gerard Damiano, Georgina Spelvin
Gerard Damiano, director of many adult films including the 70’s Classics "Deep Throat" and "The Devil In Miss Jones" recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Attending the bash in Florida were many friends and relatives. A few names you might recognize are-
Annie Sprinkle- 70’s porn star/performance artist, now a sex educator with a PhD. and the author of several books. http://www.anniesprinkle.org/
Veronica Vera- Writer, model and long time advocate for freedom of sexual expression, currently author and Dean of her Cross Dressing Academy. http://www.missvera.com/
Georgina Spelvin, 70’s film icon, star of The Devil in Miss Jones, currently an author who recently released her autobiography "The Devil Made Me Do It" http://www.GeorginasWorld.com
One of the greats. Back when people believed that fuck films could have too artistic value.
After Amber Lynn,Stephanie Swift ..now,they bring these back.
Annies got some big whoppers. I wonder if there is a big gut holding the fun bags up. My second thought is about her PhD. Is it a real PhD or a Sharon Mitchell “i took a weekend class online” PhD.
Back in those days, making porn was a thrill, we used to place ads in local papers for each other, and one common way to respond to those ads was not to call each other directly, but to call and leave messages at voice mail boxes, then we had to arrange the shooting time and location which in most of the times was going to change in the last minute, and we always had to look over our shoulders and avoid getting cuaght by the police. Producing porn in the 70’s and the early years of the 80’s was like selling whisky in the 30’s: dirty, illlegal, underground. This girl Annie Sprinkle was just wonderful, I shot her in a couple of movies, she was doing everything from anal to DP, DPP, fisting, pissing, all the good stuff that today are considered as the highlights of 21st century porn, she was doing them in 1975. That’s why when today someone tells me this or that brand new girl is crazy or nasty or whatever, I just smile and shake my head. Times are changing. Happy birthdaty, Gerard.
It was not a industry them, it was more like a craft. And people was risking his liberty to do it. And they even tried to do it with some artistic value.
They honesty believed that they were the vanguard of the sexual revolution.
You should write a book Coronel.
Now is all about the bottom line. Sometimes censorship played a role in developing literary style: I guess it did the same to porn. Clinton stopped to prosecute porn and you got 1,000 losers shooting POV gonzo with 10,000 drug addicts.
Annie got her “Phd” from the same “institution” that Sharon Mitchell did.
Seems like I remember Annie was with Good Vibrations and used to write in the Spectator News up around Berkeley. She taught SM I believe too? BDD your so right….what a set a Hoooters. They ALL look real nice. I’ll bet ole Gerry has some great stories. Nice Post!
I wonder what today’s pornstars think as they look upon their elder sisters of another era?
Dude, they all know that porn was invented by Vivid, Jenna, Belladonna and Evil Angel. Just as Sasha Grey.
To truly know about the past of porn, all you have to do is listen to the commentary track of the John Holmes documentary EXHAUSTED.
Annie does have an MFA in photography from the New York School of Visual Arts, which is a pretty prestigious institution.
Mike South…is that the University of Fuckalatta ? Ole FU
They paved the way , back when XXX was not gutter filth , kudos to them
Annie Sprinkle ‘performance artist’. Give me a fuckin break.