Behind The Green Door

Studio: Mitchell Brothers

Starring:
Marilyn Chambers,
Candy Johnson,
Hadley V. Baxendale,
Bunny Brody,
Barbara Bryan,
Angela Castle,
Linda Chapman,
Rabin Drantha,
Linda Grant,
Jan Harmon,
Erin Lee,
Bernice Mago,
Barbara Parker,
Martha Strawberry,
Leticia Torrez,
Nancy Wilson,
Richard Coburn,
Rick Dayton,
Michael Gebe,
Bill Hadley,
Kirt Harmon,
Mike Jones,
Tom Kloud,
George Marconi,
George McDonald,
Ted McKnight,
Ariel Porny,
Tyler Reynolds,
Jerry Ross,
Barry Vane,
Johnny Keyes,
Artie Mitchell,
James Mitchell

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Rolf Muller Member 119 Posts 11/11	Posted - Nov 9 2011 : 9:00PM I'm a fan of the classic early film, and had a few questions about it for the brain trust here of porn fans: 1) Did Marylin really faint during her climactic scene? If so, is that scene still in the film and we just aren't aware of it due to the psychedelic effects going on? Or was it cut out? 2) Has the soundtrack ever been released on CD? 3) I've heard that there is a true story behind the idea of the film. Supposedly, American GI's in WWII started a secret porn story called Behind the Green Door that was mimeographed and passed from person to person, who were encouraged to add their own story elements, until the underground epic was known by many in the service and even inspired a hit song that was a nod and a wink at the story's existence. If this is true - has anybody seen evidence of our read any of the stories in "Behind the Green Door"? [Link]
Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 1:33PM Some places on the internet do state that it was based on a GI story. For instance, off of the IMDB mini biography for Artie Mitchell, "Behind the Green Door (1972), one of the classics of the genre, is based on an anonymous GI novella that used to circulate in barracks after WWII (and was the subject of a hit song in the 1950s that non-military types did not understand)." While not during WWII Artie did have a brief stint in the Army and could have come across such a story. And according to my review on the credits from the story, "uncredited adapted from an anonymously written story." However, no where can I actually find any citation of where this comes from. So it may be nothing more than internet rumor. [Link]
Rolf Muller Member 119 Posts 11/11	Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 8:21PM I've wondered that too, if it was just on the internet, but at the same time it's an interesting and plausible idea that at least has a ring of truth. Erotica is something has kept it's underground status for so long that I could see something like that having existed at one time and just spread as people duplicated the story and talked about it (like the infamous "Kilroy Was Here" drawings). I'm guessing though that if people haven't heard about it here, then if it exists its still quite underground. (Though thinking about it - could the "sex-aid book" that was utilized as a plot device in American Pie be a nod to the idea of the hidden book or sexual knowledge?) [Link]
Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 12:10AM I would certainly say it is plausible. [Link]
mallo-cup Member 19 Posts 8/06	Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 5:46PM Learn something new every day. I always thought since it was the Mitchell Bro's and set in the City that the movie was based on this place on Stockton & Bush Streets. Haven't seen it though. Marilyn and the Mitchell's were never worth seeking out, but maybe I'll rent this one. Edited by - mallo-cup on 11/22/2011 5:48:58 PM [Link]

Rolf Muller Member 119 Posts 11/11	Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 8:43PM Thought I'd quote from the current Wikipedia entry which has some interesting Green Door info: "(The) Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob Davie and lyrics written by Marvin Moore. The lyrics describe a nondescript establishment, with a green door, behind which "a happy crowd" play piano, smoke and "laugh a lot", and inside which the singer is not allowed. Possible inspirations At the time the song was popular, many believed it was inspired by a green-doored restaurant and bar called "The Shack" in Columbia, Missouri, where singer Jim Lowe had attended the University of Missouri. Long-time Shack owner Joe Franke doubts this theory, however.[1] The song has also been said to refer to the lesbian Gateways club (first opened in 1930), which had a green door and was featured in the movie The Killing of Sister George,[2][3] although some express doubt over this connection.[4] Possible literary origins "The Green Door" is also a short story by O. Henry from his 1906 book The Four Million,[5] in which a man named Rudolf Steiner, though apparently not the Austrian esotericist, is handed a mysterious card reading, The Green Door. He enters a green door where he meets a starving young woman. He quickly rushes out and returns laden with food, and they become friends over supper; finally Steiner promises to visit her again the next day and there is romance in the offing. Eventually it turns out that the card was an advertisement for an entirely different "Green Door", a theatre play. O. Henry uses the eponymous green door as a symbol for everyday adventures which he encourages us to seek out. It is also possible that the song is a reference to an H. G. Wells short story, "The Door in the Wall."[6] Another possible origin comes from the green color of a certain union card. Without a union card, one could not experience work and income, the "happy times behind the green door". Fitz-James O'Brien's short story, "The Lost Room", details a man being locked out of his own room by a group of demons and bears some similarity to the themes of the song. It is possible that the song is a response to the song "Hernando's Hideaway" (1954) which was written for the musical The Pajama Game and describes a dark and secretive nightclub where the password is "Joe sent me". In the lyrics of "Green Door" this password merely makes "someone laugh out loud behind the Green Door." The Johnston Brothers had a hit with this one year before "Green Door" appeared.[citation needed] In A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (book) (1926) Christopher Robin lives "behind a green door in another part of the Forest" (the 100 Acre Wood). Cultural impact The song's title inspired the title of a short story that was made into a pornographic film, Behind the Green Door. People "in the know" realize that the Mitchell brothers were inspired by an anonymous underground short story that was in circulation (via Mimeographed copies) from the time of the Second World War. Within the American intelligence community, "green door" is a slang verb, meaning to restrict an individual's or organization's access to information and/or locations. "We green doored them" or "The situation has been highlighted by the 'Green Door' compartmentation and exclusion".[8] Click to expand [Link]
john lyons Senior Member Co-founder of Vinegar Syndrome 1188 Posts 1/08	Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:22PM Rolf Muller wrote: I'm a fan of the classic early film, and had a few questions about it for the brain trust here of porn fans: 1) Did Marylin really faint during her climactic scene? If so, is that scene still in the film and we just aren't aware of it due to the psychedelic effects going on? Or was it cut out? Click to expand If she did indeed faint, it wasn't part of the intended production so I doubt it was shot. Also, I'm assuming you're referring to the psychedelic cum-shot. That's optical printing and was done in post production. 2) Has the soundtrack ever been released on CD? Click to expand Unfortunately, it has not. Even more deserving of an album than DOOR is Jon Fontana's RESURRECTION OF EVE. [Link]
damie_dee Member 117 Posts 8/10	Posted - Mar 30 2012 : 7:04PM Was former NFL player Ben Davidson's cameo the first time a pro-athlete and mainstream personality ever appear in a porn film? [Link]
Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Sep 26 2025 : 9:04PM Coming to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray in November from Vinegar Syndrome [Link]

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