X-Rated Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s, released by Reel Art Press, expands on the wonderfully retro collection of Nourmand and Marsh’s original cult bestseller; a riotous romp through kitsch aesthetic, released over ten years ago.
![Smoke and Flesh, starring Richard Howell, Ed Sansone and Lee Parker. Directed by Joseph Mangine, 1968](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposterssmall.jpg)
Smoke and Flesh, starring Richard Howell, Ed Sansone and Lee Parker. Directed by Joseph Mangine, 1968.
Featuring over 350 ‘classic’ posters — the crème de la crème of X artwork — alongside pressbooks and stills from the Golden Age of the X-rated movie, this must-have publication — with its insightful and witty text from Peter Doggett — is a curated celebration of unashamed advertising that confirms the much bandied idiom that ‘sex sells’.
An irresistible page-turner, the posters require no decoding, crudely-printed cut-and-paste collages with well-endowed ‘stars’ and provocative titles like Flesh Gordon and Hot Lunch, designed to arouse the desires of potential viewers. During a era where breasts and buttocks were routine, it took a brave man to break the formula. Enter, Stephen Frankfurt: a hot-shot ad executive who took the less-is-more approach with his infamous work for 1974 soft-core masterpiece, Emmanuelle; and other similarly-offbeat works — Smoke and Flesh and Appetites, for example — make up some of the more interesting offerings included.
A cult classic in the making, X-Rated Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s is due for release in September (priced £29.95/$49.95, and currently available for pre-order), when devotees of nostalgic decadence can dive into 368 pages of slapdash and shambolic design that defied convention and defined an age.
![Deep Throat, starring Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems and Dolly Sharp. Directed by Gerard Damiano, 1972](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters2.jpg)
Deep Throat, starring Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems and Dolly Sharp. Directed by Gerard Damiano, 1972.
![Debbie Does Dallas, starring Bambi Woods, Christie Ford and Robert Kerman. Directed by Jim Buckley, 1978](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters3.jpg)
Debbie Does Dallas, starring Bambi Woods, Christie Ford and Robert Kerman. Directed by Jim Buckley, 1978.
![Cool It, Baby!, starring Beverly Baum, Joseph Marzano and Christine Cybelle. Directed by Lou Campa and Joseph Marzano, 1967](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters4.jpg)
Cool It, Baby!, starring Beverly Baum, Joseph Marzano and Christine Cybelle. Directed by Lou Campa and Joseph Marzano, 1967.
![Sex Odyssey, 1970](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters5.jpg)
Sex Odyssey, 1970.
![I Want You!, starring John Holmes, 1970](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters6.jpg)
I Want You!, starring John Holmes, 1970.
![Back Seat Cabbie, starring Margaret Leigh and Janet Topaz. Directed by C. Walsh, 1969](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters7.jpg)
Back Seat Cabbie, starring Margaret Leigh and Janet Topaz. Directed by C. Walsh, 1969.
![Love and Kisses, starring Kathy Knight, Ruth Alda, Charles Napier and Paul Norman. Directed by Don Dorsey, 1970](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters8.jpg)
Love and Kisses, starring Kathy Knight, Ruth Alda, Charles Napier and Paul Norman. Directed by Don Dorsey, 1970.
![Flesh Gordon, starring Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields and John Hoyt. Directed by Howard Ziehm and Michael Benveniste, 1974](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters9.jpg)
Flesh Gordon, starring Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields and John Hoyt. Directed by Howard Ziehm and Michael Benveniste, 1974.
![Appetites, starring Sarah Flatt and directed by Gary Khan, 1973](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters10.jpg)
Appetites, starring Sarah Flatt and directed by Gary Khan, 1973.
![Sex Cures the Crazy, 1968](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters11.jpg)
Sex Cures the Crazy, 1968.
![Days of Sin and Nights of Nymphomania, starring Preben Nicolaisen, Anders Dahlerup and Annette Post. Directed by Paul Nyrup, 1963](https://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/1970spornmovieposters12.jpg)
Days of Sin and Nights of Nymphomania, starring Preben Nicolaisen, Anders Dahlerup and Annette Post. Directed by Paul Nyrup, 1963.