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All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 357 > porn filmed in Rochester, New York in '70s/'80s?
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jack33139
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Posted - Sep 29 2010 : 10:08PM
I was working in Rochester a few years ago and a friend there told me that at one time ('70s? '80s?), Rochester was something of a hub for shooting porn. This seemed interesting, mostly because I always thought of the porn biz as being 99% California-centric, but especially since Rochester is a fairly conservative town. I know '70s/'80s was a long time ago, but does anyone here know anything about this? Thanks.
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T0MBOne
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Posted - Sep 30 2010 : 10:29AM
Yep, many "classic" features were filmed in NY. DEVIL IN MISS JONES and many others but I can't speak directly to the Rochester location---TB
jack33139
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Posted - Oct 2 2010 : 8:57PM
Thanks for the reply. Very interesting. Did porn stars actually live in Rochester back then or did they simply visit occasionally because there was a good studio there? After living in (conservative) Rochester, I can't imagine a bunch of porn stars hanging around town for long periods of time. It would have been culture shock on both sides of the equation.
Posted by Jack33139 ... Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
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Posted - Oct 2 2010 : 11:42PM
It's quite possible that some porn was shot there especially in the 70s which had a thriving NYC porn businesses. Distribpix (Video-X-Pix), AFV (Arrow Film and Video) and Avon were all studios producing films in the NY area. Debbie Does Dallas was shot in the NY area including at the Pratt Institute and Brooklyn College.
T0MBOne
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Posted - Oct 3 2010 : 11:13AM
I watched/reviewed the extras of a 2 disc, 40th Annivesary Edition of THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES where director Gerard Damiano talks about taking the production to, I believe, an Upstate farm/vacation house owned by Harry Reems. Not sure of it's location.
I've watched a few other films recently that might (I'm guessing here) have similar New York state locales---FRENCH TEEN and SWEDISH SORORITY GIRLS and some others starring Samantha Fox. In other words, it's very possible that what your friend is telling you is true; maybe the adult industry filmmakers chose certain Rochester and area locations in order to shoot stuff with a small town flavor.
 
mindee
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Posted - Oct 3 2010 : 2:01PM
Maybe they wanted to be just down the street from Kodak in case they ran out of film!
Edited by - Mindee on 10/3/2010 2:02:13 PM



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