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The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann

October 31, 2023

The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann is a 1974 American hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and directed by Radley Metzger[1][2] (as "Henry Paris") that is considered one of the classics of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984).[3] It was a step forward in the development of the genre, as it had a plot and good acting. The movie can be seen as a meditation on voyeurism,[4] due to the trope of Mann being spied on by a private detective hired by her husband, and the production of pornography itself, as the detective films her sexual encounters.

The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
Original film poster
Directed byRadley Metzger
(as "Henry Paris")[1][2]
Story byJake Barnes
Produced byAva Leighton
(as "L. Sultana")
StarringBarbara Bourbon
Alan Marlow
Darby Lloyd Rains
Eric Edwards
Georgina Spelvin
Jamie Gillis
Marc Stevens
Sonny Landham
CinematographyPaul Glickman
(as "Marcel Hall")
Edited byDoris Toumarkine
(as "Doris Barrow")
Music byRobert Rochester
Production
company
Hudson Valley Films
Distributed byHudson Valley Films
Release date
  • December 26, 1974 (1974-12-26)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porn film star Bill Margold, who went on to be the director of the Free Speech Coalition, has written that "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann signals an end to the all-balling, no purpose, disposable mastur-movies that go into one orifice and out another.”[5] Filmed in Manhattan, the movie was released in New York City on December 26, 1974 and was nationally distributed in 1975.[6] The film has been inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame.[7]

Plot edit

Bourbon plays Pamela Mann, a married psychotherapist living and working in Manhattan who has several sexual encounters that are filmed by a private detective hired by her husband. Mann has sex with one of her patients, a prostitute, and also is kidnapped by a couple of radicals. While the male radical orally rapes Mann, the female radical reads the text of a Supreme Court decision on pornography. She also fellates a man she meets on a park bench. At the climax of the film, Mann is revealed to be watching the detective's films in bed with her husband. They have staged the encounters and the snooping for their own private enjoyment. They then have sex.[8][9][10]

Cast edit

  • Barbara Bourbon as Pamela Mann
  • Sonny Landham as Political Candidate
  • Darby Lloyd Rains as Rapist
  • Marc Stevens as First Man with Pamela
  • Eric Edwards as Frank
  • Kevin Andre as Frank's First Client
  • Day Jason (as Naomi Jason) as Receptionist
  • Alan Marlow as Pamela's Husband
  • Jamie Gillis (as Jamey Gills) as Rapist
  • Doris Toumarkine (as Lola LaGarce) as Poll Taker
  • Levi Richards (as John Ashton) as Hiram Wood
  • Georgina Spelvin as Hooker

Notes edit

The Private Afternoons of Pamela Manns was released during the Golden Age of Porn (inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol's Blue Movie) in the United States, at a time of "porno chic",[11][12] in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope)[13] and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert).[14][15]

According to one film reviewer, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a penchant for the unusual camera angle".[16] Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic — and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous cinematography".[17] Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.[18][19][20][21]

Remastered version edit

In 2011, DistribPix released a complete remastering of the film, with the full cooperation of the director.[22] The result had a limited exhibition in theaters, but the main outcome of the project was the first-ever official remastered DVD version.[22] A listing of the music on the film soundtrack was released earlier.[23]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bentley, Toni (June 2014). . Playboy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Staff (April 3, 2017). "'The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann' (1974): The Birth of 'Henry Paris'". The Rialto Report. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Butler, Heather (2004). "What do you call a lesbian with long fingers? The development of lesbian and dyke pornography", from "Porn Studies" (edited by Linda Williams). Durham, NC: Duke University Press Books. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8223-3312-8.
  5. ^ Ford, Luke (1999). A History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-1573926782.
  6. ^ "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974) Release Info". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  8. ^ Jan, Ian (September 4, 2011). "Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The (2 Disc Collector's Edition)". RockShockPop.com. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  9. ^ Wood, Cliff (October 19, 2011). "Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The - Video X Pix (2 Disc Collectors Edition)". 10kBullts.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  10. ^ Staff (1974). "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann". Mondo-digital.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  11. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (January 21, 1973). "Porno chic; 'Hard-core' grows fashionable-and very profitable". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  12. ^ Porno Chic (Jahsonic.com)
  13. ^ Corliss, Richard (March 29, 2005). "That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic". Time. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Ebert, Roger (June 13, 1973). "The Devil In Miss Jones - Film Review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  15. ^ Ebert, Roger (November 24, 1976). "Alice in Wonderland:An X-Rated Musical Fantasy". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  16. ^ Gallagher, Steve (August 7, 2014). ""This is Softcore": The History of Radley Metzger". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  17. ^ Simpson, Claire (October 2, 2013). . WhatCulture.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  18. ^ Rist, Ray C. (January 4, 1974). Book - The Pornography Controversy: Changing Moral Standards in American Life. p. 124. ISBN 9781412838467. Retrieved February 29, 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Lehman, Peter (2006). Book - Pornography: Film and Culture. p. 9. ISBN 9780813538716. Retrieved February 29, 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Staff (2016). "Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - DadaBase Search Results - Radley Metzger". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  21. ^ Staff (March 4, 2017). "Obituary Of The Righteous - The Porn Of The Fabulous 60s And 70s Loses One Of Its Pioneers And Masters: Radley Metzger - Photographer Of War, The MOMA Presents A Retrospective: His Erotic Films Made History - Video: 'Score', On The Relationships Of Couples Of The 70s, In An Uncensored Version". DagoSpia.com. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  22. ^ a b Staff (2011). "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann - 2 Disc Set (1974)". Distribpix.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  23. ^ Staff (2016). "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann - Original Soundtrack Music listing". IMDb. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

Further reading edit

  • Cook, David A. (2002). History of the American cinema. Vol. 9. University of California Press. pp. 274–275. ISBN 0-520-23265-8.
  • Heffernan, Kevin, "A social poetics of pornography", Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Volume 15, Issue 3, December 1994, pp. 77–83. doi:10.1080/10509209409361441.
  • Lehman, Peter, Pornography: film and culture, Rutgers depth of field series, Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8135-3871-8.
  • Williams, Linda, Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible", University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21943-0.

External links edit

  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at MUBI (related to The Criterion Collection)
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at IMDb
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at the Adult Film Database
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann on the Amazon WebSite.
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann – review/RockShockPop.
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann – review/10kBullets.
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann – 2011 remastering at DistribPix.
  • The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann - Trailer (02:55).

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The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann is a 1974 American hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and directed by Radley Metzger 1 2 as Henry Paris that is considered one of the classics of the Golden Age of Porn 1969 1984 3 It was a step forward in the development of the genre as it had a plot and good acting The movie can be seen as a meditation on voyeurism 4 due to the trope of Mann being spied on by a private detective hired by her husband and the production of pornography itself as the detective films her sexual encounters The Private Afternoons of Pamela MannOriginal film posterDirected byRadley Metzger as Henry Paris 1 2 Story byJake BarnesProduced byAva Leighton as L Sultana StarringBarbara BourbonAlan MarlowDarby Lloyd RainsEric EdwardsGeorgina SpelvinJamie GillisMarc StevensSonny LandhamCinematographyPaul Glickman as Marcel Hall Edited byDoris Toumarkine as Doris Barrow Music byRobert RochesterProductioncompanyHudson Valley FilmsDistributed byHudson Valley FilmsRelease dateDecember 26 1974 1974 12 26 Running time83 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPorn film star Bill Margold who went on to be the director of the Free Speech Coalition has written that The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann signals an end to the all balling no purpose disposable mastur movies that go into one orifice and out another 5 Filmed in Manhattan the movie was released in New York City on December 26 1974 and was nationally distributed in 1975 6 The film has been inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame 7 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Notes 4 Remastered version 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksPlot editBourbon plays Pamela Mann a married psychotherapist living and working in Manhattan who has several sexual encounters that are filmed by a private detective hired by her husband Mann has sex with one of her patients a prostitute and also is kidnapped by a couple of radicals While the male radical orally rapes Mann the female radical reads the text of a Supreme Court decision on pornography She also fellates a man she meets on a park bench At the climax of the film Mann is revealed to be watching the detective s films in bed with her husband They have staged the encounters and the snooping for their own private enjoyment They then have sex 8 9 10 Cast editBarbara Bourbon as Pamela Mann Sonny Landham as Political Candidate Darby Lloyd Rains as Rapist Marc Stevens as First Man with Pamela Eric Edwards as Frank Kevin Andre as Frank s First Client Day Jason as Naomi Jason as Receptionist Alan Marlow as Pamela s Husband Jamie Gillis as Jamey Gills as Rapist Doris Toumarkine as Lola LaGarce as Poll Taker Levi Richards as John Ashton as Hiram Wood Georgina Spelvin as HookerNotes editThe Private Afternoons of Pamela Manns was released during the Golden Age of Porn inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol s Blue Movie in the United States at a time of porno chic 11 12 in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released publicly discussed by celebrities like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope 13 and taken seriously by film critics like Roger Ebert 14 15 According to one film reviewer Radley Metzger s films including those made during the Golden Age of Porn 1969 1984 are noted for their lavish design witty screenplays and a penchant for the unusual camera angle 16 Another reviewer noted that his films were highly artistic and often cerebral and often featured gorgeous cinematography 17 Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in New York City 18 19 20 21 Remastered version editIn 2011 DistribPix released a complete remastering of the film with the full cooperation of the director 22 The result had a limited exhibition in theaters but the main outcome of the project was the first ever official remastered DVD version 22 A listing of the music on the film soundtrack was released earlier 23 See also editAndy Warhol filmography Erotic art Erotic films in the United States Erotic photography Golden Age of Porn List of American films of 1974 Sex in film Unsimulated sexReferences edit a b Bentley Toni June 2014 The Legend of Henry Paris Playboy Archived from the original on February 4 2016 Retrieved January 26 2016 a b Bentley Toni June 2014 The Legend of Henry Paris PDF ToniBentley com Retrieved January 26 2016 Staff April 3 2017 The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann 1974 The Birth of Henry Paris The Rialto Report Retrieved April 3 2017 Butler Heather 2004 What do you call a lesbian with long fingers The development of lesbian and dyke pornography from Porn Studies edited by Linda Williams Durham NC Duke University Press Books p 172 ISBN 978 0 8223 3312 8 Ford Luke 1999 A History of X 100 Years of Sex in Film Amherst NY Prometheus Books p 91 ISBN 978 1573926782 The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann 1974 Release Info Internet Movie Database Retrieved January 6 2014 XRCO Hall of Fame Retrieved August 25 2014 Jan Ian September 4 2011 Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann The 2 Disc Collector s Edition RockShockPop com Retrieved February 22 2016 Wood Cliff October 19 2011 Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann The Video X Pix 2 Disc Collectors Edition 10kBullts com Retrieved February 24 2016 Staff 1974 The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann Mondo digital com Retrieved February 24 2016 Blumenthal Ralph January 21 1973 Porno chic Hard core grows fashionable and very profitable The New York Times Magazine Retrieved January 20 2016 Porno Chic Jahsonic com Corliss Richard March 29 2005 That Old Feeling When Porno Was Chic Time Retrieved January 27 2016 Ebert Roger June 13 1973 The Devil In Miss Jones Film Review RogerEbert com Retrieved February 7 2015 Ebert Roger November 24 1976 Alice in Wonderland An X Rated Musical Fantasy RogerEbert com Retrieved February 26 2016 Gallagher Steve August 7 2014 This is Softcore The History of Radley Metzger Filmmaker Magazine Retrieved May 23 2015 Simpson Claire October 2 2013 Adults Only 5 Films By Radley Metzger WhatCulture com Archived from the original on May 24 2015 Retrieved May 23 2015 Rist Ray C January 4 1974 Book The Pornography Controversy Changing Moral Standards in American Life p 124 ISBN 9781412838467 Retrieved February 29 2016 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Lehman Peter 2006 Book Pornography Film and Culture p 9 ISBN 9780813538716 Retrieved February 29 2016 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Staff 2016 Museum of Modern Art MoMA DadaBase Search Results Radley Metzger Museum of Modern Art MoMA Retrieved February 29 2016 Staff March 4 2017 Obituary Of The Righteous The Porn Of The Fabulous 60s And 70s Loses One Of Its Pioneers And Masters Radley Metzger Photographer Of War The MOMA Presents A Retrospective His Erotic Films Made History Video Score On The Relationships Of Couples Of The 70s In An Uncensored Version DagoSpia com Retrieved November 12 2019 a b Staff 2011 The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann 2 Disc Set 1974 Distribpix com Retrieved February 24 2016 Staff 2016 The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann Original Soundtrack Music listing IMDb Retrieved February 24 2016 Further reading editCook David A 2002 History of the American cinema Vol 9 University of California Press pp 274 275 ISBN 0 520 23265 8 Heffernan Kevin A social poetics of pornography Quarterly Review of Film and Video Volume 15 Issue 3 December 1994 pp 77 83 doi 10 1080 10509209409361441 Lehman Peter Pornography film and culture Rutgers depth of field series Rutgers University Press 2006 ISBN 0 8135 3871 8 Williams Linda Hard core power pleasure and the frenzy of the visible University of California Press 1999 ISBN 0 520 21943 0 External links editThe Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at MUBI related to The Criterion Collection The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at IMDb The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann at the Adult Film Database The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann on the Amazon WebSite The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann review RockShockPop The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann review 10kBullets The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann 2011 remastering at DistribPix The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann Trailer 02 55 Portals nbsp Film nbsp Society nbsp United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann amp oldid 1172425316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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