by Ashley West
Audio, photo, and documentary archives from the golden age of adult film in New York, and beyond. Established 2013.
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March 16, 2025
In the first part of our interview with <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366539/">Susan Hart</a>, we heard about Sue’s early years in 1970s Los Angeles, growing up in a strict Catholic family, running away from home when she was 15, and becoming involved in a bad relationship. She escaped – into the army of all places, before finding a different kind of home, of sorts, as a prolific performer in the early adult video industry.<br /> But what is unusual and remarkable about her story is that Susan is willing to tell it at all. As you will hear in this concluding episode, Susan left Los Angeles in the late 1980s and pursued a professional career, living in constant fear of being confronted by her past. When we contacted her, we had no idea that it would bring out many of her worst fears.<br /> This is Sue’s story.<br /> You can hear the first part of <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2025/03/09/susan-hart/">our interview with Susan Hart here</a>.<br /> This podcast is 60 minutes long.<br /> —————————————————————————————————————————————-<br /> Susan Hart: Adult Industry Photos<br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-77.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-70.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-68.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-60.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-55.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-57.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-53.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-54.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-51-1.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-46.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-38.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-37.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-31.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-22.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR-Susan-Hart-14.jpg"></a><br /> *<br />
March 9, 2025
Perhaps one of the less obvious aspects of The Rialto Report is that it may lead to the impression that people involved in the adult industry forty or fifty years ago are all pretty comfortable talking about their pasts and have led serene lives, free of incident, since they stopped making sex films. After all, our podcasts and interviews are filled with people talking pretty openly about their experiences.<br /> In fact, quite the opposite is normally the case. You see, the truth is that the majority of people we approach – actors, directors, producers – are usually rather keen to not go public with their memories. And that’s understandable: despite the length of time that’s passed since their images and names were splashed across posters and theater screens, the reality is there is still a very real stigma in current day America for something they did all those years ago. The result is that, sadly, these voices are largely absent from the selection of oral histories that we present in The Rialto Report.<br /> So all that begs the question: why on earth did <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366539/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Susan Hart</a> agree to an interview?<br /> You see, Susan was a prolific actress in the California video explosion of the mid 1980s. She appeared in a hundred or so movies and countless spreads in men’s magazines. She had an interesting backstory too: a Latina from Los Angeles, the product of a Catholic upbringing, she joined the Army to break free. Then, she became an adult film performer and later was approached to take part in a sting operation against the sex film business. She was pretty, happy-looking, popular, and I always wondered about her.<br /> So I sent her a letter. Little did I realize that she’d spent the last 40 years terrified that her past would catch up with her, and that her biggest nightmare was someone like me contacting her and asking her to reveal who she was, and is.<br /> But we spoke, and Sue agreed to tell all – including exploring how she feels about it today.<br /> She still can’t quite understand why she did adult films, but I hope she’s happy about this interview.<br /> This is April Hall – and this is Sue Hart’s story.<br /> This podcast is 60 minutes long.<br /> —————————————————————————————————————————————-<br /> Susan Hart: Personal Photos<br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Girl-6.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Girl-2.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Kid-Baseball.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Pre-Teen-Bikili.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-5.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Army-2.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-4.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-Lakeside-3.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-Lakeside-2.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-Bike.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RR_Sue-Young-Woman-Beach.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.
November 10, 2024
Previously on Chasing Butterflies – Stories of Cubans in Exploitation-Era Florida:<br /> After <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/13/dolores-carlos/">Dolores Carlos</a>’ retirement from acting in South Florida nudie films in the late 1960s, she still remained close to her circle of Cuban filmmaker friends, and none more so than <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/27/jose-prieto/">José Prieto</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762075/">Greg Sandor</a>, and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394747/">Rafael Remy</a>. They would still meet regularly, and all three took an active interest in her daughter <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/11/03/marcy-bichette/">Marcy</a>’s well-being. From time to time, they would joke about the fortune teller that the three men had consulted when they escaped from Cuba. Greg Sandor had moved out the California and had indeed found the money and respect that had been predicted for him. Similarly, José Prieto had found a degree of fame and notoriety following the success and outcry that followed the release of films he made, such as <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060968/reference/">Shanty Tramp</a> (1967) and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063554/reference/">Savages from Hell</a> (1968). The only exception to the mystic’s forecast was Rafael Remy: he’d fared well and was not seeing the trouble and strife that had been foreseen in his future.<br /> Rafael had lived a lower profile existence but with more regular work than his two friends: due in part to his jack-of-all-trades skill-set and willingness to get involved in anything, he was always in demand. He was a cameraman, editor, lighting, gaffer, soundman, and production manager who was cheap and could always be relied on to deliver a decent job.<br /> But as the 1960s turned into the 70s, the film business was changing: the innocent exploitation films that had greeted them when they arrived from Cuba were giving way to more explicit sex movies whose legality was questionable, and Rafael was suddenly being offered an altogether different kind of job.<br /> Over the last twenty years, I’ve tracked down and spoken to many people involved in the Florida film business of the 1960s and 1970s. Their overlapping personal histories reveal an untold chapter of adult film history – and the hidden role that Cubans played in shaping it. These are some of their stories. <br /> This is the concluding episode of Chasing Butterflies, Part 4: Rafael Remy’s story.<br /> You can listen to the Prologue: <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/13/dolores-carlos/">Dolores Carlos’ story</a> here<a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/13/dolores-carlos/">,</a> Part 1: <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/20/manuel-conde/">Manuel Conde’s story</a>, Part 2: <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/10/27/jose-prieto/">José Prieto’s story</a>, Part 3: <a href="https://www.therialtoreport.com/2024/11/03/marcy-bichette/">Marcy Bichette’s story</a>.<br /> <br /> With thanks to John Minson, Tom Flynn, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956140/">Ronald Ziegler</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341563/">Leroy Griffith</a>, Veronica Acosta, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080961/">Marcy Bichette</a>, Mikey Bichette, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235905/">Lousie ‘Bunny’ Downe</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693677/">Mitch Poulos</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771088/">Sheldon Schermer</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033068/">Ray Aranha</a>, Manny Samaniego, <a href="https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2692189/?ref_=tt_ov_st_1">Barry Bennett</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342492/">Randy Grinter</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420370/">Herb Jeffries</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832626/">Tempest Storm</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.
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