‘The House of Adrian’…a piece of porn history

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Before I left for my LA trip, I had gotten in touch with 80′s adult star and male dancer Alan Adrian(real name is John Mozzer),to let him know that I was going to be in town. I had recently seen Alan posting on some film forums and we had gotten in touch through facebook, so I really wanted to take advantage of my time in LA, and see if we can get some face time together.

So,after my visit with Georgina Spelvin in the Hollywood Hills, which was absolutely riveting, I returned my crew to Pasadena and then headed back to Burbank for a quick shower. I then hopped in my rental car and headed about 5 miles into Atwater Village, to visit the condo of one of the most unsung and under celebrated stars of 80′s adult cinema, the one and only Alan Adrian. Now for future reference, I have nicknamed his home the “ADRIAN ARCHIVES”.

As I walked to the door, I had some jitters, as I have never met him before. He greeted me with a very enthusiastic welcome and we gave each other a warm handshake and half a hug. From the second I walked into his place I was instantly impressed with the organization of his home. He had stocked bookshelves, a neat computer area, and lots of ephemera. Before long, I was literally scrounging through his scrapbooks from back in the day, literally dozens of them. They contained a day by day account of Alan’s activity through his tenure in adult films and male dancing. I was instantly obsessed by the amount of details contained in these books, I was familiar with the names in the book and was even able to relate to him and his past on many levels, mainly because of my recent dedication to preserving the Distribpix archives. But I knew I was in the presence of what I would call rare artifacts and an untold piece of history and culture. I continued to pour through the pages of his daily memoirs from the past, and he educated me and filled in the blanks.

My brutal assault on John’s memory caused my blood sugar to decrease rapidly, due to ultimate excitement, and his as well, so we headed to Casita del Campo restaurant in Silver Lake for some authentic Mexican cuisine. We shared a wonderful meal and headed back to the Adrian Archives. After our time together it was obvious that John and I both share the same passion for preserving this long lost era, which is unfortunately becoming more extinct everyday. It was at this point that John took me into a spare bedroom which he had turned into an office/storage room, for his incredibly well kept records, photos and correspondence from his days in the biz. John was so proud to show me some of the photo albums, in which he had very neatly mounted just about every single piece of photo ephemera that he had. There were stacks of albums. I was in a state of shock, that all of this existed. I have seen the collections of Jamie Gillis, which is also sort of incredible, and there are many other guys and gals of yesteryear that have kept all of their mementos, but the way in which John has organized his archives, rivals even the Distribpix archives. I think he was a bit flattered with my comment, but it was true. The only other time that I have ever seen such organization with elements from the golden age of adult cinema is inside my archive, and it was such a pleasure to see that there is someone else out there, that understands the value of this material. I mean the stuff I saw, has probable never been seen.

He showed my some awesome pics from back in the day. One album in particular, was of him and Marc Stevens. Marc is another icon from the golden age and John told me many stories about Marc, just great stuff. In fact, he alluded that Marc was a good friend of his and always invited him to his parties, and helped him find work as a male dancer, back in the 80′s. He spoke very highly of his cohorts and did not have too many negative things to say, except that fact that Ron Jeremy would take all of his roles…..LOL!!!( all in good fun). After talking for about a half hour, I had to head back for a 9pm engagement that I could not get out of. I wanted to stay there all night, I mean I was in heaven. Before I left we did continue to discuss aspects of preservation, such as scanning materials and reviving some old fanzines he had connections with. It was a very wonderful time. I assured Alan that I would take the time to update his profile on Distribpix.com and that is currently under way. It will have much more information about Alan’s filmography, and other details.

I wanted to record/film our time together for preservation purposes,but we decided to take a rain check, so we can re-fresh our memories……as I know that I  will be back to the ‘House of Adrian’.

Now I took a few shots with my cell phone, because I love to take pics!! The quality is not that great, but it shows what a great time we had.

Alan Adrian ( John Mozzer) and Distribpix Man

Alan Adrian ( John Mozzer) flipping through his memoirs

Marc Stevens and Alan Adrian....who is the girl in the middle??

THE AVN AWARDS… an embarrasing pit of corruption

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Classic fans and colleagues, just some more proof of the “ad for award” mentality over at AVN. The first company VCX advertised in 2010, the second company VXP,did not!

This is the VCX/cal vista film that got the award, and I know first hand, nothing was done to enhance this release. just a poor sourced transfer, the AVN award for best classic release goes to:

The Video-X-Pix film, which was nominated , was the Platinum Elite Collection of Blonde Ambition, here it is:

AVN nomination for best classics release, 2010

This film’s restoration took months to complete. There is a full length commentary by director John Amero, and the last ever recorded commentary from legendary actor, Jamie Gillis, just before his death. There is also a short video tribute to Jamie, not too mention the film’s trailer,  and hard and soft versions of the film.

Extras in the package are a 20 Page liner note book, 5 x 7 photo insert, film strip collectible and O-card wrap!

AVN…….you and your voters have got balls!!

Once again, thanks for fucking over our entire team, not to mention all the guys and gals from the golden age that were counting on you guys to do the right thing. Do you ever think of anyone but yourselves…..karma is a bitch

AVN would not know a good thing if it crawled up and sat on Fishbein’s face!

Hey AVN……Thanks for your support and all the best in 2011.

WWW.DISTRIBPIX.COM goes live

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After 2 years of development and never ending digitizing and content uploading, I am happy to announce that http://www.distribpix.com is now live. It is sort of a soft launch, as we are still fixing some bugs and making some tweaks. The site has been part of our company’s relaunch and will serve as our new hub, where you can find out about our company, it’s films, it’s history, it’s legacy or join any number of forums and blogs and get up to date and current news…….and just about anything else to do with classic adult cinema…..you wll find on the new site.

We are always uploading new content and the site is being worked on everyday, so please be patient and as the weeks and months go by, you will notice the addition of more videos, trailers, posters, ephemera, etc. Our hopes are that in the future this will act as a virtual museum, with a host of experts that are moderating the blogs and forums.

Please take a quick look, so you can see what we have done and I welcome you to our new online community.

www.distribpix.com

 

DISTRIBPIX IS GOLDEN AGE HISTORY

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DISTRIBPIX INC./VIDEO•X•PIX
In 2008, Adult Video News magazine celebrated its 25th Anniversary and chose to commemorate its impressive longevity by paying tribute to the most prominent pioneers of the industry who took risks and paved the way for today’s multi-billion dollar enterprise.
Amongst the great and the good featured in the retrospective, special mention was made of two distinguished New Yorkers whose names may not have been familiar to many readers. They were rightly praised for being amongst the first to develop a chain of video stores called Video Shack in 1982.
What the article failed to mention however was that by the early 1980s, these guys were already veterans in the adult film industry – and able to lay claim to just about the longest tenure of anyone.
Back in 1965, armed with limited funds, Distribpix was founded. Within months, the company was distributing the most profitable adult films of the day; this was the era of black and white sexual melodramas with lascivious and sleazy titles such as “Thigh Spy”, “Lust Weekend”, “Spread Eagles”, and “ Wee-Gee Broad”.
Though the plots were strongly sexualised, the nuditity quotient of the initial films was low – though the climate quickly become more permissive with every film. Wanting to ensure their risque’ films stayed ahead of the competition, Distribpix took risks with the censors and revealed a little more flesh each time. This led the founder to comment wryly that Distribpix invented the industry “one pubic hair at a time”.
The success of Distibpix was instant, and operations were immediately expanded. Relationships were formed with the rising talent of East Coast directors such as Joe Sarno, Ron Sullivan, the Amero brothers, and Michael and Roberta Findlay. In the late 1960s, films rolled off the production line with regularity, turning a quick profit in the legendary Times Square adult cinemas – before earning thousands around the country.
As the 1970s dawned, softcore gave way to hardcore, and once again Distribpix was at the forefront – producing the highest quality adult pictures available. For the first time, the best of the adult films looked like mainstream pictures – and Distribpix led the way with the biggest names in the industry such as Georgina Spelvin, Tina Russell, Jamie Gillis, Marc Stevens, and Harry Reems, specially commissioned scripts and soundtracks, and talented mainstream crews.
Distribpix even started to mirror mainstream production company’s such as MGM or Paramount becoming the first to stage elaborate premieres for its film, or signing now legendary stars such as Gloria Leonard and Jennifer Welles to exclusive contracts. Along the way, the Distribpix library was augmented by the purchase of Sam Lake’s Maturpix back catalog – home of many legendary titles from the era.
Towards the end of the 1970s, the adult film market had become more discerning; Distribpix responded by increasing the budgets and ambition of their productions, hiring the likes of Armond Weston, Chuck Vincent, Jonas Middleton, and Gerard Damiano – resluting in movies such as “Through The Looking Glass”, “Take Off”, “A Scent of Heather”, and “Consenting Adults”.
By now Distribpix had been rebranded as VideoXPix reflecting the advent of the video age. But, unlike many competitors, the company thrived and adapted to the new marketplace quickly becoming a major video production house, even going back to one of it’s earliest directors from the 1960s, Joe Sarno, to deliver film after film shot on video.
Movie production eventually stopped in 1989 – but the company remained in family hands, and has been run by Distribpix kin since 2002. The priority was originally to release the classic hardcore features from the 1970s and 1980s – an undertaking which has been underway ever since, resulting in over 200 films now available on DVD.
However with the resurgence in interest in soft and hardcore adult cinema, Distribpix and VideoXPix are proud to announce the re-launch of the company. The relaunched company will focus on a three-tiered approach: First, we will offer multi-disc remastered special editions of the hard core films, featuring contributions by the original directors and stars, production stills, and authoritive liner notes. Secondly, we will release, remastered soft-core films by stellar directors such as Joe Sarno, Ron Sullivan, Michael Findlay and Leonard Kirtman. Third, we are developing an extensive online community for the sharing of information and documentary material relating to the films, and the ability to download the movies themselves.
Far from being a bootlegging, oldies company like so much of the competition, Distribpix / VideoXPix is proud of is long heritage in the industry and looks forward to increasing the size of its family of people interested in this historical company. We hope you enjoy our family of jewels!