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Retro Playguys
These days are actually a whole lot more difficult for smut peddlers to get their products noticed (an sold) than in previous decades. In the age when paper magazines dominated most male erotica...
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May Book Club
Published in 1968, this novel, written by Drew Austin, offered up the misunderstood character of Lonnie. Handsome Lonnie was a man starved for the kind of sexual relations that society didn't approve...
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May 1983
Starting on page 51 of this issue was this nice photo journal featuring KEVIN HASLAM. As the magazine put it so well: "Our Man for May will put wind in your sails—he's a sensational yachtsman from...
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1987 Prick up Your Ears
Gary Oldman as Joe Orton in Prick Up Your EarsDirected by Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette), Prick up Your Ears is a movie about real-life gay British playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth...
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1992 The Living End
Craig Gilmore (left) and Mike Dytri in The Living EndThere are days when it feels like everyone who I encounter is trying their best to make me angry, upset or disillusioned with getting to payday....
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Guess the Famous Retro Stud!
The year was 1979 and the month was May. Hustler magazine not only was a publication for all-American straight men, it was for straight men who liked their smut raunchy in comparison to classier rags...
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Guess the Famous Retro Stud! (part two)
Wow! Thanks to everyone who emailed a response, and thanks to those who expressed their frustration about not being able to post to the story itself anymore...my sincere apologizes, but with all of...
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Guess the Retro Stud: Mr. Mike Arlen!
Patrons of early 1980s gay smut might have recognized him as Mike Arlen, but he was already well on his way to becoming a true superstar of straight porn under the name of Mike Ranger. Reportedly born...
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Magic Mike
Mike appeared solo in some vintage erotica for men to enjoy. Many gay fans would continue to follow his work (As Mike Ranger) and that famous curved cock throughout his long career in straight smut.
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Braun Gets 'Dangerous'!
Michael Braun with Jim Rodgers in DangerousMichael Braun's resume in porn may not be as lengthy as some other classic smut stars, but his sex appeal has been proven to stand the tests of time, and many...
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June 1983
The photo above continues to be an international Internet favorite for obvious reasons. Playgirl magazine celebrated ten years of publications with 25 year-old David Van Brunt, who they described as...
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June 1982
At 23 and handsome as well as physically fit, sexy Jeff Wintemute was a welcome summer start to Playgirl readers in 1982. While Jeff Wintemute was the star of the issue, it also featured Couples: In...
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It's Super Bulge!
Ray Middleton (above) is credited with playing Superman during appearances at the 1939 World's Fair. But it would take Kirk Alyn to bring his own crotch bulge to movie fans. He's not the most...
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Mickey Squires
Mickey's story is legendary in his hometown of Hollywood, where it's reported he was born in 1952 and some thirty years later became tinsel town beefcake royalty. At 5' 11" tall and a solid 195...
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Bill Cable
A straight man in his personal life, Bill's popularity with gay men (as Stoner) via Colt Studios and Mandate magazine,was equally matched by his appeal with women via Playgirl. Indeed, Playgirl...
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones was born in 1954 in Chicago. He's probably best remembered for two splashy appearances in show business: Playgirl and Flash Gordon. Posing as Andrew Cooper III (an alias created by the...
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Summer Reading
It sounds crazy, but there was actually a time when people had to read paper books. And ain't it just like a darn dame...getting all clingy and cuddly and possesive, when all this rugged suspenders...
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Hollywood History
For his contributions to motion pictures, Pangborn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. Sadly, not many people recognize his name. He served in World War I and worked on...
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