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FIFTY ON FRIDAYS – December 4, 1979 – NY DAILY NEWS

BySpicy Goldman December 4, 2020December 2, 2020

Today’s edition of Fifty on Fridays we go back to New York City on December 4, 1970, which was a rather warm (for December in NY) 50 F, so I would bet the Christmas shopping was in full swing, and the tired and frustrated husbands might be sneaking away from an hours long marathon spree…

FIFTY ON FRIDAYS – September 18, 1970 – NY DAILY NEWS

BySpicy Goldman September 18, 2020December 2, 2020

From time to time on Fridays we’ll be posting things that happened exactly 50 years previously (we say “from time to time” because we know ourselves to well to commit to every week). These will typically focus on something in the Smut World, more often than not ads for films and shows in a particular…

OLGA LA BLANCHE – TAKE 2

BySpicy Goldman September 10, 2020December 2, 2020

One of the earlier posts from Capri Show World was based on a single ad in the New York Daily News from December 13, 1971 and the two burlesque dancers featured, Gina Bon Bon and Olga La Blanche. There is a wealth of information on Gina and the post wound up centering on her bio…

LABOR DAY NYC 1970 – ANOTHER PLACE ANOTHER TIME

BySpicy Goldman September 7, 2020December 2, 2020

Today, September 7, 2020, is Labor Day in the United States, and fifty years ago September 7, 1970, just happened to also a Labor Day. Late summer of 1970 was just at the turning point towards full hardcore for adult films, and this was just beginning to penetrate NYC at this point (no pun intended,…

42nd Street Playhouse | Burlesque | New York City | Olga La Blanche

Gina and Olga – Bon-Bon and LaBlanche

BySpicy Goldman February 8, 2020December 2, 2020

One evening last week I was doing research on a potentially lost film from 1971, and while I was searching for ads in the New York Daily news I came across one for the 42nd Street Playhouse Burlesk (a New Era/Seymor Domoor joint) that caught my eye (as those types of ads a prone to…