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5 unusual facts about Behind the Green Door


Café Flesh

By the early 1970s, the pornographic film industry had gained popularity, through the success of films such as Behind the Green Door and Deep Throat.

Chuck Traynor

Traynor was married to two actresses from the "Golden Age of Porn", from 1971 to 1974 to Lovelace (whose real name was Linda Susan Boreman) of Deep Throat fame and from 1975 to 1985 to Behind the Green Door’s Marilyn Chambers, whom he also managed.

I.K.U.

Takashi wanted a traditional Japanese pink film, which integrated storyline and softcore sex, where Cheang aimed towards genre-defining American pornographic films along the lines of Behind the Green Door (1972), with hardcore sex throughout.

Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre

The Mitchell brothers' classic adult film Behind the Green Door premiered at the O'Farrell in 1972, with the brothers' parents in the audience.

Resurrection of Eve

Resurrection of Eve is a 1973 American feature-length pornographic film produced by the Mitchell brothers and starring Marilyn Chambers, who had become a start in the Mitchell Brothers's previous picture, Behind the Green Door.


Johnnie Keyes

Keyes starred in the 1972 film Behind the Green Door in which he performed a 45 minute sex scene with Marilyn Chambers.


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Resurrection of Eve

When Behind the Green Door opened in Suffolk County, New York in 1973, it was successfully prosecuted, as it was in New York City along with the 1973 porn film The New Comers.