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Paul Thomas was a pioneer, winning every award and beng inducted into every Hall of Fame that the sex industry has invented.

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Wade Nichols was a gay man in straight XXX films, a disco hitmaker, and TV soap star - but who was he?

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What happened to Sue Flaken, the actor originally cast in the lead role of 'The Devil in Miss Jones' (1973)?

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The concluding part of our interview with Susan Hart - about the events that led to her leaving the business, and what happened next.

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Susan Hart was a prolific actress in the California XXX video explosion of the mid 1980. She has never told her story - until now.

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Rafael Remy was one of the forces behind Florida's XXX industry.

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Dolores Carlos' was queen of nudism films. Marcy was her daughter.

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Who on earth was the elusive and mysterious filmmaker José Prieto?

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Manuel was a Cuban from Spain via New York.. working in Florida.

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Dolores Carlos untold story, behind-the-scenes in Florida's adult films.

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What happened when Iris de la Cruz, sex worker and activist, interviewed her 10-year-old daughter?

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We remember Howard Ziehm, one of the pioneers of adult films with the groundbreaking ‘Mona' (1970).

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What happened to Dian's career after the rise of the internet crippled the magazine business?

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Dian's career continues in the ever-expanding and competitive world of New York sex publications into the 1980s/90s.

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Part 2 of our interview with Dian Hanson - in which she embarks on a career in men's magazines.

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Dian Hanson was a legendary figure in the world of men's magazines in New York in the 70s that overlapped heavily with the adult film scene.

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Whatever happened to Geri Miller?

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Rare and unpublished on-set photographs of Pat Barrington.

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David Cronenberg's 'Rabid', Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers, the Nicaraguan Contra rebels and more..

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