I’d forgotten how much I love this Tom DeSimone film from back in 1975 – Catching Up. Sexy and with a plot! Dennis (Keith Anthoni, in his first role, I believe) and Frank (John Farrel, his only porno role?) are two lovers – and Frank wants an open relationship – which pisses Dennis off, so he leaves, only to find solice in….. a porno theatre!!! That’s this clip here, the second scene. I love love love the voiceover, and the filming of this scene – for you youngins – this is how us old gay guys back in the 70’s met each other – groping in the dark in movie theaters!
On the screen you’ve got Paul Strand (Take a Chance, Greek Lightning, Six Card Stud) and Bob Perry (his only porno role) – Keith Anthoni, of course, with Scott Heith (mustached) and Tim Christy who proceed to grope, and turn Keith on. I love this sort of gay coming-of-age – Keith is the younger man in the couple, is content with monogamy, staying at home, but once his lover announce he’s “suffocating” – Keith hits the road and sees what’s out there for him.
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This is great, not sure I’d ever seen it before. I agree about the voiceover, nice deep voice reciting a long ode to male desire. I also am old enough to remember the era of porn theatres, which inspired a number of representations in films up through the 90s anyway. I stumbled on this clip not long ago, someone took many of these scenes and compiled them together along with specific references from whence they came:
https://xhamster.com/videos/gay-vintage-adult-theater-mrga-compilation-xhqEIo0
I did a reddit post about it and provided gevi links for each of the scenes, not really a review since it’s more like a greatest hits CD than an album, to use a musical analogy. Pretty damn hot though. I knew there must have been more from the 70s that the person who made the clip left out, the main ones I noticed not being used were Night At The Adonis and the original Back Row.
Catching Up is on Boyfriend TV.
Damn.
This scene reminds me of one of my favorites from Heatstroke with Casey Donovan, and some really hot narration.