Mona the Virgin Nymph
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Mona the Virgin Nymph was the first pornographic film depicting explicit sex
to receive wide theatrical release in the United States
(1970) http://www.pornographygirl.com/, following the previous decade's nudist-themed films (called "Beaver films"). The minimal plot involves the titular Mona (played by Fifi Watson), who has promised her mother that she would remain a virgin until her impending marriage
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Mona paved the way for future films featuring explicit hardcore sex to appear in theaters, and was the model on which those films were based; indeed, Deep Throat
borrowed elements of its plot two years later. http://www.filmsite.org/sexinfilms19.html
It was produced by Bill Osco and directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm http://picpal.com/fleshgordon/fgint3.html, though the film was screened without credits due to legal concerns. The earnings from this film helped finance the directors' later film Flesh Gordon
.
The team also produced another adult movie, Harlot
(1971) and Bill Osco later produced the similarly explicit Alice in Wonderland
(1976).
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
to receive wide theatrical release in the United States
United States
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(1970) http://www.pornographygirl.com/, following the previous decade's nudist-themed films (called "Beaver films"). The minimal plot involves the titular Mona (played by Fifi Watson), who has promised her mother that she would remain a virgin until her impending marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
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Mona paved the way for future films featuring explicit hardcore sex to appear in theaters, and was the model on which those films were based; indeed, Deep Throat
Deep Throat (film)
Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film written and directed by Gerard Damiano and produced by Louis Peraino and starring Linda Lovelace ....
borrowed elements of its plot two years later. http://www.filmsite.org/sexinfilms19.html
It was produced by Bill Osco and directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm http://picpal.com/fleshgordon/fgint3.html, though the film was screened without credits due to legal concerns. The earnings from this film helped finance the directors' later film Flesh Gordon
Flesh Gordon
Flesh Gordon is a 1974 American science fiction adventure comedy film. It is an erotic spoof of the Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s. The screenplay was written by Michael Benveniste, who also co-directed the film with Howard Ziehm...
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The team also produced another adult movie, Harlot
Harlot (film)
Harlot is a 1971 pornographic movie starring Fran Spector, produced by Bill Osco and directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm.It is one of the early adult movies of the 1970s, and follows Mona , the first mainstream adult film, also produced by Osco and directed by the team of Benveniste and...
(1971) and Bill Osco later produced the similarly explicit Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1976 film)
Alice in Wonderland is a 1976 pornographic musical film, loosely based on Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was directed by Bud Townsend and starred Terri Hall, Bree Anthony, and Kristine DeBell. The theatrical release of the film was on December 10, 1976 in the USA...
(1976).