In a previous article, I introduced you to Georgina
Spelvin –the Devil in Miss Jones
star. From the feedback I received, I
gather there are quite a few Cinema Retro readers out there who not only long
for the days of mainstream classic cinema –but classic porn as well. As your wish is our command, you’re about to
meet another icon of porn’s “Golden Age†–Juliet Anderson. She may not sound as familiar to some of you
as Georgina or Marilyn Chambers, but to her many devoted fans throughout
the world she was incomparable. Whether
billed as Juliet Anderson or her often used screen persona “Aunt Pegâ€, here was a mature, sexy and sensual woman who
could take on the best studs and the best beauties in the business - and  enjoy the sex just as much as any of us who were eagerly
watching her. With her short, swept back blonde hair and her trademark black
stockings, garter belt and neck scarf, Juliet was the most seductive, teasing
temptress to ever grace the adult screen.Â
Her orgasms were real, evidenced by that wicked smile on her face, every
time she was about to devour that particularly lucky guy or gal. Her energy was electrifying and explosive.
Juliet knew what her fans wanted and delivered it every time. She never gave a bad performance and
consequently saved many a lackluster movie with her wild improvisational and
comedic style. Miss Anderson wasn’t just in control –she took control, as her
various directors discovered early on. She knew how to get the action going,
making up dialogue and bits of business on the spot. We’ve all heard a lot of dirty talking in
porn movies –but no one could do it sexier and sincerer than our Juliet.Â
She’s the kind of “Aunt†that many of us in our
misspent youth, always lusted for. Juliet was the oldest actress to enter the
business, which in those days was still a small cottage industry financed by
mobsters, dentists and others who would rather not reveal their real
names. In the early 1970’s, adult films
like Deep Throat, Devil in Miss Jones and Behind the Green Door had kicked the door in as far as acceptance and censorship were concerned. The adult bookstore, peepshow arcade and
movie theatre were now a part of the urban landscape throughout the
country. The term “porn chic†was on
everyone’s lips thanks to the so-called “In Crowd†and even the monologues on
Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Showâ€.Â
Hollywood stars were watching X-rated movies alongside the usual men
with raincoats on their laps. However by 1978, the “chic†part of porn was
wearing a bit tawdry with the “In Crowdâ€, but certainly not with the “raincoat
crowdâ€. Business was booming, adult
films were still being shot on film, even with Panavision cameras in some
cases. There was at least the pretense of
a story or plot to all the screwing going on up on the big screen. The mob family “wise guys†couldn’t believe
their luck. For mere peanuts, they could
find so many beautiful people willing to have sex  on film, without incurring those bothersome  health or pension benefits let alone
residuals. Whilst Hollywood was going through the usual rollercoaster ride of
box-office profits, the porn moguls couldn’t count all their money quick
enough.
The Times of London takes a look at the director Sam Peckinpah's off-beat action film Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia starring Warren Oates. The article examine's the film's merits and why it was dismissed by critics and the public when first released in the 1970s. To read click here