Joseph W. Sarno
Joseph W. Sarno (March 15, 1921 – April 26, 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the proto-pornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shot-on-video features for the '80s hardcore video market. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adult-oriented feature in 1961. Among his best-known films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Flesh and Lace, The Bed and How to Make It, and Moonlighting Wives (1966). Sarno's work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting, long takes and rigorous staging. He was also well known for scenarios centering around issues of psycho-sexual anxiety and sexual identity development. During his sexploitation period, Sarno worked with such actors as Uta Erickson, Dyanne Thorne (star of the Ilsa series), Audrey Campbell (Olga's House of Shame series), Michael Alaimo, Patricia McNair, Tod Moore, and his cousin, Joe Santos, who would become a regular on television's The Rockford Files. Beginning in 1968, Sarno's work became somewhat more explicit, predicting the emergence of soft-core. His breakthrough feature Inga (1968), was one of the first X-rated films released in the United States. Other noteworthy soft-core features include ...
Passion in Hot Hollows (1969)
Cruel, conniving Norma Sue returns to her backwoods hometown with her stud lover to wreak havoc on the local denizens. Her main target is her sexually repressed sister, who runs the local hotel. At the same time, jobless slacker Billy Joe commences an affair with a ... (more)
Cruel, conniving Norma Sue returns to her backwoods hometown with her stud lover to wreak havoc on the local denizens. Her main target is her sexually repressed sister, who runs the local hotel. At the same time, jobless slacker Billy Joe commences an affair with a ... (more)
The Indelicate Balance (1969)
A prolonged stay at his attractive and overbearing mother's home prompts Harald and his Karin to question their relationship, ultimately driving Karin into the arms of another woman. (more)
A prolonged stay at his attractive and overbearing mother's home prompts Harald and his Karin to question their relationship, ultimately driving Karin into the arms of another woman. (more)
Marcy (1969)
Marcy is forced to change her sexual orientation because of town rumors. (more)
Marcy is forced to change her sexual orientation because of town rumors. (more)
Siv, Anne & Sven
(1971)
Siv is a hot blond fashion photographer who loves sex. She prefers hot women but also has a fling with her favorite male model. When she becomes jealous of her hot buxom innocent teen brunette assistant, she decides to seduce her. (more)
Siv is a hot blond fashion photographer who loves sex. She prefers hot women but also has a fling with her favorite male model. When she becomes jealous of her hot buxom innocent teen brunette assistant, she decides to seduce her. (more)
Young Playthings
(1972)
They're the erotic toys of the mindless generation... trapped in a never-neverland of distorted sexual practices (more)
They're the erotic toys of the mindless generation... trapped in a never-neverland of distorted sexual practices (more)
Bibi (1974)
Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women. (more)
Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women. (more)
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego (1974)
A shy, withdrawn female scientist invents a formula that turns her into a horny, oversexed nymphomaniac. (more)
A shy, withdrawn female scientist invents a formula that turns her into a horny, oversexed nymphomaniac. (more)
Misty (1976)
Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece. (more)
Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece. (more)
The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill (1970)
Fanny Hill enlightens friends, acquaintances, and folks off the street to the joys of sexual freedom and battery operated love devices! Lenore leaves her pal Fanny and moves to the big city where she and her two room-mates, hard pressed for money, become nude ... (more)
Fanny Hill enlightens friends, acquaintances, and folks off the street to the joys of sexual freedom and battery operated love devices! Lenore leaves her pal Fanny and moves to the big city where she and her two room-mates, hard pressed for money, become nude ... (more)
Skin Deep in Love
A slick, womanizing magician and his pretty assistant perform regularly at a hotel cabaret. They are having an affair with each other, as well as with several other employees at the venue. When one waitress spurns the magician's advances, the assistant hypnotizes ... (more)
A slick, womanizing magician and his pretty assistant perform regularly at a hotel cabaret. They are having an affair with each other, as well as with several other employees at the venue. When one waitress spurns the magician's advances, the assistant hypnotizes ... (more)
Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin (1967)
Blackmail and fraud in the milieu of a fashion house serve as a hook for partner-swapping and sex games. (more)
Blackmail and fraud in the milieu of a fashion house serve as a hook for partner-swapping and sex games. (more)
Karla (1969)
Jackie and Lorna share a house in Florida. Jackie is a child psychologist and Lorna a successful writer. Lorna prepares a mysterious appointment. Jackie is very curious. (more)
Jackie and Lorna share a house in Florida. Jackie is a child psychologist and Lorna a successful writer. Lorna prepares a mysterious appointment. Jackie is very curious. (more)