Caballero Home Video is an American pornographic film studio, based in Canoga Park, California. It was previously known as Caballero Control Corporation.[1] The company was founded in 1974, making it one of the oldest U.S. porn studios still in existence.[2] Caballero was one of the largest studios during the Golden Age of Porn,[3] and produced several of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed pornographic films of the 1980s and early 1990s.[4] Its dominance of the adult video market saw it called the "General Motors of Porn".[5] Its films starred some of the most successful and best known performers of the period, such as Amber Lynn, Ginger Lynn, John Holmes, Joey Silvera, Traci Lords, Nina Hartley, Ron Jeremy and Christy Canyon.[4][6] Previous company Presidents include Al Bloom.[7][8] Throughout the 1980s it was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages due to its films being illegally pirated.[3] It also acquired the U.S. rights to rival studio Cal Vista's entire catalogue of more than 150 films.[9] Caballero is a contributor to the Free Speech Coalition.[10]
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Insatiable is a classic pornographic movie released in 1980, at the close of the era of 'porn chic' in the US. It starred Marilyn Chambers and was directed by Stu Segall (credited as "Godfrey Daniels"). It was followed by a sequel, Insatiable II.
Traci, I Love You was Traci Lords's final adult film and also the only legal (American) film to be made while she was over the age of 18. It was produced in Cannes, France, two days after her 18th birthday, making it the only one legally available in the United States, due to child pornography laws. This movie has been another aspect of controversy to Lords' life. It was the third and final film by her then self-titled production company. She had sold the rights, profiting from her former profession post-scandal, while consistently regretting making adult films and criticizing the porn industry.
The following is a selection of some of the major awards Caballero films have won: