from Nighthawk In Leather Director: Fred Halsted (1982) Starring: J.W. King, Paul Monroe, Mike Davis, Chris Burns, Gary Sikes, and a special appearance by Fred Halsted; plus: Bleu, Jim Stanford Eric Flynn, Dave Klaus, Melchor, and Jim Smith
Starring Ryan Harker, Bud Wallace; Carrado Quinto, Jesse Jones, Jose Morales, Jeff Stone, and Tharon Davis. Directed by Mac Larsen (AKA Joe Gage).
Roy Garrett is on the box cover art (see the color insert?), but not in the film!!
intro, great voiceover, then footage of the “wilds” of Africa (Bronx Zoo, including a tiger – which doesn’t live in Africa, but I digress)
The new guy is wearing safari gear, even though he’s been assigned to, and just landed at,. an Oil Rig.
about 10 minutes in, finally the first signs of sex; the crew is asleep in their bunks, and one guy wakes up to find 2 others fooling around.
gayeroticvideoindex lists two uncredited actors, Bosch Wagner and Roy Garrett
Director: Mac Larson (Joe Gage) (1982) 57 minutes running time
(this scene: Roy Garrett and Bob Shane)
Starring: Mickey Squires, Jayson MacBride, Jeff Stone, Roy Garrett, Daniel Holt, Bob Shane, Wayne Stephens; plus the RED BALL CREW: Bill Anawatt, Marty Jesus, Daye Simon, Terry Hunt, Hal Brighan, Tristan Carson, Paul Stapleton, John Sammartino, Gerry Condit, Kyle Grayzel
Wolf, played by beefy, bearded Mickey Squires, delivers moonshine from Arkansas. His boss, O’Bannion (Jayson MacBride), guides Wolf on his deliveries by CB radio, where his sexual hints make Wolf anxious to meet him in Chicago.
You might need a willing suspension of disbelief for this film – ignore that Mickey is driving what appears to be a Gremlin, not a truck; Roy and Bob are firemen outfitted in construction helmets; the facade of the firehouse looks awfully like the one on 3rd street in Manhattan; the inside of the firehouse looks an awful lot like my tenement apartment on 15th street in the 80’s…… but, but…. Roy and Bob ARE hot – watch through to the end! (I had forgotten how well Bob Shane …well, you’ll see)
Apparently I have not posted him as much as I thought – or perhaps some were in the pre-wordpress days when the search function down over there won’t help….. his first film was Joe Gage’s HANDsome; and I believe Hard (1986) with Lee Ryder was his first foray into directing; not sure when he started doing soundtracks, but here’s a cool interview with him about that part of his career. These pics, from probably 1985, are fuzzier than I remember (eBay snags); but still, love this look – who doesn’t love a hot bearded balding man!!??
You may remember him from such films as: Handsome, New York Men, Outrage, What the Big Boys Eat, Chip Off The Old Block, 2 X 10; One, Two, Three; Bring Your Own Man; In Heat, Ranch Hand, Dynastud, Nightcrawler, International Skin; a bunch with Christopher Rage: Rough Idea, Tramps, My Masters, Worship (Live) two with Palm Drive Video – Mud & Oil, Mud! Apocalypse Again! (wonder if any Slater will be in the Raw! Uncut! Video! documentary) – and gosh knows how many more – feel free to post your faves, or any I’ve left out, in the comments.
more “j d slater” on BJLAND
more “slater” (with a Craig possibly thrown in) on BJLAND
performer J. D. Slater on Gay Erotic Video Index
director J. D. Slater on Gay Erotic Video Index – although I suspect some are really editing, as they are compilations
edit: there’s more! check out this piece from BijouBlog – Retrostuds of the Past: J.D. Slater
so yeah, you know I am sorting and scanning and culling and mulling and trying to sell all I can let go of, and guess what? I find an old VHS small box El Paso Wrecking Corp. that’s actually the full 90 minutes!!! But of course I have to be sure, and plug it into the VCR – and then go over to the DVD player and plug in the recently re-released 3- disc Joe Gage Trilogy disc of El Paso….. and my old VHS copy, not only complete and the DVD isn’t (missing like 20+ minutes) but the color and quality is still much better! And I wasted so much time just watching it, and going back in my head to the old movie theaters…. but also yelling at the DVD version for skipping important stuff like Halsted throwing the guy through the window, the whole Mike Morris scene missing, but loving the set up to….anyway…. check out the auction, give the page a couple of hits.
eBay auction – VHS-Joe-Gage-EL-PASO-WRECKING-CORP-1977
And I also have an extra copy of the never-been-released-on-DVD out-of-print, BJ’s-favorite-(porn)movie-of-all-time Heatstroke, and that’s up there on eBay as well
eBay auction – VHS-Joe-Gage-HEATSTROKE-precondom-1982-Out-of-Print-Richard-Locke
another puzzle, another magazine in the “on hold” folder that I ought to sell – but who the heck is DAVID WARNER? – and what films? I see Don Talon (shown as Max) and Matt Harper (here, Matt = Victim)…and um, no listing on GEVI (Gay Erotic Video Index) for this director. There is one film, Crusin’ The Castro that shows both Talon and Harper, ( in a 3-way with Richard Locke!!) but not in a scene like this. who the heck is David Warner??!!
Meanwhile, feel free to check out me on eBay
Finally – FINALLY – placed my order for Wakefield Poole’s‘s rarely seen 1977 film Take One. While I am a habitual Amazon shopper, I wanted to buy direct from Gorilla Factory Productions, since they have been so amazing making these old classics available again. I last saw Take One back in 2002, during a Wakefield Poole film festival – I was so excited about the series, I taught myself how to do “tables” in html! Highlights I am really looking forward to: Richard Locke and his lover Alexander Stewart have sex on the roof of their home in the desert; the location scenes at San Francisco’s Nob Hill – can’t say I had ever been in my handful of visits to SF, but will be so cool to see this footage, right?
