Joseph W. Sarno
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Joseph W. Sarno (March 15, 1921 – April 26, 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the proto-pornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shot-on-video features for the '80s hardcore video market. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adult-oriented feature in 1961. Among his best-known films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Flesh and Lace, The Bed and How to Make It, and Moonlighting Wives (1966). Sarno's work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting, long takes and rigorous staging. He was also well known for scenarios centering around issues of psycho-sexual anxiety and sexual identity development. During his sexploitation period, Sarno worked with such actors as Uta Erickson, Dyanne Thorne (star of the Ilsa series), Audrey Campbell (Olga's House of Shame series), Michael Alaimo, Patricia McNair, Tod Moore, and his cousin, Joe Santos, who would become a regular on television's The Rockford Files. Beginning in 1968, Sarno's work became somewhat more explicit, predicting the emergence of soft-core. His breakthrough feature Inga (1968), was one of the first X-rated films released in the United States. Other noteworthy soft-core features include Vibrations (1968), Passion in Hot Hollows (1969), Daddy, Darling (1970), Young Playthings (1972), Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974) and Misty (1975). Sarno was also the director of Deep Throat Part 2 (1974), the R-rated sequel to the hardcore classic Deep Throat. After 1968, Sarno's soft-core work was divided between films produced in the United States and films produced in Europe, principally Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Many of Sarno's European features were made with American backing. In Europe, he was known for having worked with actresses Marie Liljedahl, Christina Lindberg, Helli Louise, and Marie Forså. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph W. Sarno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Swedish Wildcats (1972)
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Deep Throat Part II (1974)
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Daddy, Darling (1970)
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Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974)
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Laura's Toys (1975)
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The Devil's Plaything (1973)
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The Swap and How They Make It (1966)
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Bibi (1974)
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The Seduction of Inga (1968)
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The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego (1974)
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Misty (1976)
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All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
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Suburban Secrets (2004)
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Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town (1975)
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Moonlighting Wives (1966)
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The Indelicate Balance (1969)
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Flesh and Lace (1965)
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To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa (1968)
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The Layout (1969)
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My Body Hungers (1967)
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Inga (1968)
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Young Playthings (1972)
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The Wall of Flesh (1968)
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Vibrations (1968)
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The Sex Cycle (1967)
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The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill (1970)
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Sacrilege (1988)
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Deep Inside (1967)
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The Naked Fog (1966)
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The Love Merchant (1966)
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Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964)
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Marcy (1969)
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The Bed and How to Make It! (1966)
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Sin in the Suburbs (1964)
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Karla (1969)
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Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse (1967)
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Pandora and the Magic Box (1965)
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The Love Rebellion (1967)
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Siv, Anne & Sven (1971)
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Red Roses of Passion (1966)
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SS Operation Wolf Cub (1983)
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Anything for Money (1967)
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Skin Deep in Love (1966)
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Passion in Hot Hollows (1969)
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Nude in Charcoal (1961)
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Scarf of Mist, Thigh of Satin (1967)
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Sin You Sinners (1963)
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Desire Under The Palms (1968)
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Odd Triangle (1968)
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Bed of Violence (1967)
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A-Peeling We Go-Go (1965)
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A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker (1966)
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Come Blow the Horn! (1978)
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All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
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Butterfly (1975)
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Love's Island (1977)
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Stray Cats (1984)
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The Horneymooners (1988)
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A Touch of Genie (1974)
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Double Agent (1987)
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Fresh (1987)
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Suzie Creamcheese (1988)
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Firebox (1986)
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Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle (1981)
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The Honey Cup (1976)
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On Fire (1988)
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The Trouble with Young Stuff (1977)
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Sleepy Head (1973)
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Slippery When Wet (1976)
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Tigresses (1979)
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Hyperkink (1989)
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Taste of Pink (1985)
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Tight Delight (1985)
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Hot Stuff (1984)
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Inside Jennifer Welles (1977)
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Silky (1981)
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Sex Starved (1988)
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Inside Little Oral Annie (1984)
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The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin (1989)
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Little Oral Annie Takes Manhattan (1985)
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Sexpionage (1987)
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Ball in the Family (1988)
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Screw the Right Thing (1990)
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Shacking Up (1985)
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Dirty Blonde (1984)
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The Red Head (1989)
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Bedroom Thighs (1986)
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Oversexed (1986)
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Porked! (1986)
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Party Doll (1987)
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The Flirt (1988)
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The Big Pink (1989)
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Panting at the Opera (1988)
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Sexpot (1987)
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Hung Jury (1989)
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The Girls of the B.L.O. (1988)
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Blow by Blow (1986)
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Coming On America (1989)
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Right Tool for the Job (1988)
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