All About Gloria Leonard _sitkaman repost.txt
This was the 354th post made to abdec. It was posted by Mr. DNA on February 12, 2005.
I don't have any of the original NFO or cover files that might have posted with this film.
Produced in 1978. English. Run time of 1:50:30. DVD size of 4336.289792 MB.
This is an Video X Pix NTSC DVD.
Posted July 15, 2015 by sitkaman.
IAFD Data
http://www.iafd.com/title.asp?title=All+About+Gloria+Leonard&year=1978
All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
Distributor: Video-X-Pix
Compilation: No
Director: Joe Sarno, Gloria Leonard
Minutes: 111
All-Girl: No
All-Male: No
Actresses
Gloria Leonard [Anal Facial DP Pee IR]
Gloria Todd [LezOnly IR]
Ming Toy [LezOnly IR]
Monica Devon
Victoria Corsaut (as Valerie Vance) [Facial]
Actors
Bobby Hollander
Daniel Paxton
David Morris
David Pierce (as David Shaker)
George Payne [BJOnly]
Jamie Gillis
John Thomas
Marc Stevens
Peter Andrews
R. Bolla (as Richard Bolla) [BJOnly]
NonSex Performers
Anthony Shammas
Comments
Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Gloria Leonard, Peter Andrews
Scene 2. Gloria Leonard, Gloria Todd, Ming Toy
Scene 3. Gloria Leonard, David Morris
Scene 4. Gloria Leonard
Scene 5. Gloria Leonard, David Pierce
Scene 6. Monica Devon, John Thomas
Scene 7. Gloria Leonard, Daniel Paxton, George Payne, R. Bolla
Scene 8. Victoria Corsaut, Bobby Hollander
Scene 9. Gloria Leonard, Jamie Gillis, Marc Stevens
DVD Rear Cover Description:
Based on the memoirs of Gloria Leonard, from the producers of Inside Jennifer Welles, this erotic classic lets us see the lifestyle and memories of one of the most erotic and powerful women in the adult film industry.
Gloria is the publisher of High Society magazine and in this film she relives through flashbacks and the most memorable sexual highlights of her erotic career. Scenes with such superstars as Jamie Gillis, Marc Stevens and Ming Toy are just some of the many highlights of this film.
"All the scenes in this film are true and accurate representations of my actual life experience."-Gloria Leonard
IMDb User Review:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077146/
In Praise of Older Women
15 August 2007 | by Dries Vermeulen (Nodriesrespect) (Brugge, Belgium)
Gloria Leonard, the actress introduced to adult films at an already mature age by Radley Metzger in his 1976 classic THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN, remains famous for her remark about the difference between erotica and pornography being all about the lighting. For this movie, the second in the half a dozen somewhat lavish Evart profile skin flicks (following Jennifer Welles and preceding Seka, Annie Sprinkle, Little Oral Annie and Angel Cash), she's in luck as it proves to be the best-produced of that lot with sound technical credits all across the board. Just as on the other installments in this series, directorial credit is bestowed upon the featured star though it's common knowledge by now that veteran filmmaker Joe Sarno helped out behind the scenes.
Premise has Gloria on her last day as editor of High Society magazine, clearing out her desk and reminiscing about various sexual exploits jogged by the objects she comes across. In her late thirties at the time of shooting, it's obvious she had a say in casting as none of the other women are exactly spring chickens either ! Proof positive that the experience that comes with age can be a good thing is sultry Monica Devon, whose only other credit was an appearance in the none too memorable Merle Michaels vehicle SILKY, as a call girl tempting Gloria into taking a stab at the oldest profession. The only younger women on display are black starlet Gloria Todd (best remembered for portraying the evil Sultana in Shaun Costello's salacious SLAVE OF PLEASURE) and Oriental Ming Toy (also in Beau Buchanan's CAPTAIN LUST AND THE AMOROUS CONTESSA) who join the star for an interesting three shades of flesh Sapphic sonata.
Claiming to tell the truth and nothing but, as per written statement at movie's end, our matronly minx merrily romps with the likes of well-endowed office boy Peter Andrews (as Horace, nicknamed "Horse" for obvious reasons), porn stud royalty Jamie Gillis and Mark Stevens ("Mr 10 and a Half", gee, could our girl be something of a size queen ?) and, in a scenario torn straight out of the Jennifer Welles portrait, printer David Morris prepping the proofs of our heroine's latest nude shots. David Pierce, who made such a strong impact as the downright evil Mr Sweet in Roger Watkins' excellent HER NAME WAS LISA, is the guy she makes very romantic love to while acting out the prostitution gambit and her real life husband, the late Bobby Hollander (a decent adult filmmaker who made NEW YORK BABES and the popular PERSONAL TOUCH video series), appears in the final scene.
Outspoken as well as fiercely intelligent (qualities NOT always found in combination), Gloria makes for an interesting if not obvious subject for this type of "sex in every scene" dirty movie diva dissection. Very much her own woman, she rarely appealed to an adult movie-going majority weaned on pliant platinum princesses even if her intimate involvement was unquestionable.
Post on The Distribpix Blog on Feb 10, 2014
A Tribute to Porn Legend Gloria Leonard
Gloria Leonard was not just a porn star. Gloria was a friend and maybe even more like a distant aunt. She would call my mom by her first name. I heard her name all the time growing up, as she was essentially one of the main contract stars, for much of the early Video-X-Pix classics, which was a company, run by my father and his partner. She got along very well with her cohorts.
She was an activist, a mouthpiece for the industry, fighting for the rights of her fellow performers and censorship issues. She was a business woman, worked on Wall Street. She helped invent the phone sex revolution. She was the publisher of High Society. And a pornographic film star. She was a single mother, and a wife. An AVN Hall of Famer and XRCO Legend. A friend to so many and an icon to thousands more. She will never be forgotten.
Gloria got her start in the film industry after meeting Radley Metzger in 1976. She starred in 2 of his films, The Opening of Misty Beethoven(1976) and Maraschino Cherry(1979).
Gloria also attended a Club 90 reunion at the Museum of Sex in NYC, where all the girls got together on a panel. They spoke of their lives, their work and we got a solid glimpse of what they are all about. It was a great event. Even dragged my father out, and he has always had a soft spot in his heart for Gloria.
They had a wonderful relationship, and it showed. We took her out to dinner after the event at the Old Homestead, the oldest steakhouse in NYC. Now this detail is faded in my mind, but this is no joke- at the table were my father, Gloria Leonard, Joe Rubin, myself and Bill Lustig? LOL. I am not kidding, I just forget how Bill got into the mix. Anyway, it was a great meal, a good time. Gloria and my father had a slap stick relationship, they joked all the time. They would also talk business and of course some politics. She would often use the same jokes on him and vice versa.
I love you Gloria. I am posting some gorgeous and not too often seen images of you throughout your career. These are from the archive and there are hundreds of them, and hopefully they will be part of a coffee table book on the genre! But for now, these are for old fans, new fans and anyone else. You were an original, one of the pioneers, a legend. With all of our love forever.
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