Mona the Virgin Nymph
| Mona the Virgin Nymph | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Directed by |
Michael Benveniste (Uncredited) Howard Ziehm (Uncredited) |
| Produced by | Bill Osco (Uncredited) |
| Written by | Bucky Searles (Uncredited) |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Howard Ziehm (Uncredited) |
Production company |
Graffiti Productions |
| Distributed by |
Sherpix Alpha Blue Archives Something Weird Video Film AB Corona |
Release date |
(San Francisco, California) (USA) |
Running time | 71 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7,000 (Estimated)[1] |
Mona the Virgin Nymph (1970) (or simply Mona) was the second adult film, after Blue Movie released in 1969 by American artist Andy Warhol, depicting explicit sex to have received wide theatrical release in the United States. Mona, however, was the first such film with a plot.[2] The minimal plot involved Mona (played by Fifi Watson), who had promised her mother that she would remain a virgin until her impending marriage.
Mona helped pave the way for films of explicit sex that later appeared in theaters—during the Golden Age of Porn—and was one of the films of the time on which some later films were based; indeed, Deep Throat borrowed elements of its plot two years later.[3]
It was produced by Bill Osco and directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm,[4] though the film was screened without credits due to legal concerns. The earnings from this film helped finance the directors' later film Flesh Gordon. The team also produced another adult movie Harlot (1971), and Bill Osco later produced the similarly explicit Alice in Wonderland (1976).
Cast
- Judy Angel (Uncredited) as Mona's Mother
- Gerard Broulard (Uncredited) as Movie Theater Patron
- Orrin North (Uncredited) as Jim
- Susan Stewart (Uncredited) as Hooker
- Fifi Watson (Uncredited) as Mona
References
- ↑ "Budget". IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "Pornography". Pornography Girl. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
The first explicitly pornographic film with a plot that received a general theatrical release in the U.S. is generally considered to be Mona (Mona the Virgin Nymph)...
- ↑ "Sex in Cinema: 1970 Greatest and Most Influential Erotic / Sexual Films and Scenes". Film Site. p. 21. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
This film's storyline was borrowed, to some degree, by Gerard Damiano's Deep Throat (1972).
- ↑ "Flesh Gordon Interview 3". PicPal.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2013.