June 3, 2007
8mm Vintage Gay Porn Movies
Anyone who knows me or is a frequent visitor to Lavender Lounge Blog knows I have a fondness for vintage gay porn. In fact, when I built my very first version of this website, even before I knew it was going to be a porn site, I started scanning old vintage porn magazines from my collection just to have SOMEthing to fill the pages. At the time, collecting old gay porn magazines was equivalent to collecting vintage shirts, records or lamps. I have an eye for cool old retro things, and old porno magazines from the 50's take up less space than 1950's console televisions (another hobby that got out of control for a while...).
My interest in that field helped me get a contract job doing box cover design for Alpha Blue Archives, a company that sells compilations of vintage straight porn movies, mostly from the 70's and 80's. Over the past 4 years, I've designed over 100 DVD box covers with titles like "Big Tit Anal Ultra Vixens In The 1970's", and "Lesbian Bra Busters of the 1980's" (the must-see sequel to "Lesbian Bra Busters of the 1970's"). The compilations mostly come from little 8mm film reels that were shown in the back of dirty bookstores as "peep shows" or sold to consumers to be shown on movie projectors.
Recently, I asked my client from Alpha Blue, "Aren't you going to run out movies some day?" "NEVER!" he replied emphatically. In today's oversaturated market, AVN estimates there are 1000 porn titles released every month. Even if the number of releases in the 70's was only a fraction of that number, that's a LOT of movies floating around out there.
I had considered going into the same business of re-releasing vintage porn movies as Alpha Blue, but with all gay titles. But for some reason, I always resisted the temptation. I already have too much on my plate business-wise, and getting into the DVD business is really complicated, but it seems to be the natural extention to projects I'm already deeply involved in. As I'm beginning to shoot more brand new original content that I'd someday like to sell on DVD, getting my feet wet with some easy-to-package vintage titles might be a good way to get started.
The turning point came a few weeks ago when I was on one of my regular thrift store visits and came across two boxes of 8mm gay porn movies! For some reason, it just struck me that I should buy them ALL and release them on DVD! I can't wait! This is going to be so much fun! The groovy hair styles, bed sheets and furniture designs are worth the price alone, not to mention the backback fucking in the age of innocence. After purchasing that first batch, I visited another store and bought another box last week, then returned to the first store yesterday, and bought another two boxes of movies they were hiding in the back.
Most of the movies come in plain white boxes with nothing but handwritten notes like "two bodybuilders in a pool", "blond big dick top", or "Bruce and Steve". But the rest have that cheesey old underground "Boogie Nights" look to them, as you can see by the samples here, and others with bizarre desciptions like, "Filmed in Manly Color".
I have three of the six "Far Out" series, which I love for the cartoon logo on the back, and the kinkiness of each in the series. "Swinging In The Rain" is a piss movie with some hot 70's clones, and I HAD to watch "Sex Salad" just from the cover. And, yes, those are olives they're sticking into that guy's ass, which he later spits out in rapid succession. Tasty. They core out and peel a cucumber, stick it on a guy's shaft and fuck another guy with the "cucumber condom". After everyone shoots a load into the salad bowl, they cut to a cute gay dinner party where they serve the salad to guests. ("Who made-a da' salad?!)
In anticipation of the release of these new upcoming DVD series, watch for my entire collection of vintage stills to be added to the Lavender Lounge VIP Room. I have over 10,000 stills already scanned, but I've never gotten around to offering them all at once in the proper presentation. This latest round will allow VIP members access to the entire collection in super large size, and viewable in a slideshow. And to keep you guys coming back for more, check the links on the left for New Photos and Upcoming Photos as they start to become available thoughout the summer and fall.
Posted by lavenderlounge at 12:24 PM
Comments
JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IT TRUE THAT MARK DALTON IS GOING TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING I FOR GET WHAT IT WAS FOR .
Posted by: THOM GORRELL at December 7, 2004 9:28 PM
IS THERE A LOT OF STRAIGHT GUY DOING GAY PORN
Posted by: THOM GORRELL at December 7, 2004 9:45 PM
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