Naked Came the Stranger (film)

This article is about the 1975 film. For the 1969 novel, see Naked Came the Stranger.

Naked Came the Stranger
DVD cover
Directed by	Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris")
Written by	Radley Metzger (as "Jake Barnes")
Produced by	Ava Leighton (as "L. Sultana")
Starring	Alan Marlow Darby Lloyd Rains David Savage Gerald Grant Helen Madigan Kevin Andre Levi Richards Mary Stuart Rita Davis Joe Negroni
Cinematography	Robert Rochester
Edited by	Doris Toumarkine (as "Doris Barrow")
Music by	George Craig
Distributed by	VCA Pictures (USA) Catalyst Productions (II)
Release date	May 21, 1975 (1975-05-21)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Naked Came the Stranger is an American adult erotic film released in 1975. The film was directed by Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris")[1][2][3] and filmed in several elaborate locations in New York City.

Plot

Gilly, a radio host, is determined to enjoy herself with friends and acquaintances as much as her playful husband Billy. Gilly enjoys herself in several locations around New York City, including at an elaborate dress ball, an old-fashioned ballroom and on the top floor of a double-decker bus while it drives around the city.[1]

Cast

• Alan Marlow as Marvin Goodman
• Darby Lloyd Rains as Gilly
• David Savage as a Waiter
• Gerald Grant as Taylor
• Helen Madigan as an Actress
• Kevin Andre as Party Guy
• Levi Richards as Billy
• Mary Stuart as Phyllis
• Rita Davis as a Waitress
• Joe Negroni as Harold Harold

Notes

The film Naked Came the Stranger was based on the 1969 hoax book of the same name and released during the Golden Age of Porn (inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol's Blue Movie) in the United States, at a time of "porno chic",[1][4][5] in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope)[6] and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert).[7][8]

According to one film reviewer, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a penchant for the unusual camera angle".[9] Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic — and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous cinematography".[10] Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.[11][12][13][14]

Remastered version

In 2011, DistribPix released a complete remastering of the film, with the full cooperation of the director.[15] The result had a limited exhibition in theaters, but the main outcome of the project was the first-ever official remastered DVD version.[15]

Music Soundtrack

A listing of the music on the film soundtrack was released earlier.^[citation needed]

See also

• Andy Warhol filmography
• Erotic art
• Erotic films in the United States
• Erotic photography
• Golden Age of Porn
• List of American films of 1975
• Sex in film
• Unsimulated sex

References

1. Staff (April 5, 2017). "'Naked Came the Stranger' (1975): The Hoax, The Film". The Rialto Report. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
2. Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris". Playboy. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
3. Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
4. Blumenthal, Ralph (January 21, 1973). "Porno chic; 'Hard-core' grows fashionable-and very profitable". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
5. Porno Chic (Jahsonic.com)
6. Corliss, Richard (March 29, 2005). "That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic". Time. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
7. Ebert, Roger (June 13, 1973). "The Devil In Miss Jones - Film Review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
8. Ebert, Roger (November 24, 1976). "Alice in Wonderland:An X-Rated Musical Fantasy". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
9. Gallagher, Steve (August 7, 2014). ""This is Softcore": The History of Radley Metzger". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
10. Simpson, Claire (October 2, 2013). "Adults Only: 5 Films By Radley Metzger". WhatCulture.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
11. Rist, Ray C. (January 4, 1974). Book - The Pornography Controversy: Changing Moral Standards in American Life. Transaction Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 9781412838467. Retrieved February 29, 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
12. Lehman, Peter (2006). Book - Pornography: Film and Culture. Rutgers University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780813538716. Retrieved February 29, 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
13. Staff (2016). "Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - DadaBase Search Results - Radley Metzger". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
14. Staff (March 4, 2017). "Obituary Of The Righteous - The Porn Of The Fabulous 60s And 70s Loses One Of Its Pioneers And Masters: Radley Metzger - Photographer Of War, The MOMA Presents A Retrospective: His Erotic Films Made History - Video: 'Score', On The Relationships Of Couples Of The 70s, In An Uncensored Version". DagoSpia.com. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
15. "Naked Came The Stranger (2011)". Distribpix.com. 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

Further reading

• Cook, David A. (2002). History of the American cinema. Vol. 9. University of California Press. pp. 274–275. ISBN 0-520-23265-8.
• Heffernan, Kevin, "A social poetics of pornography", Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Volume 15, Issue 3, December 1994, pp. 77–83. doi:10.1080/10509209409361441.
• Lehman, Peter, Pornography: film and culture, Rutgers depth of field series, Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8135-3871-8.
• Williams, Linda, Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible", University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21943-0.

External links

• Naked Came The Stranger at MUBI (related to The Criterion Collection)
• Naked Came The Stranger at IMDb
• Naked Came The Stranger at the Adult Film Database
• Naked Came The Stranger at Amazon.com
• Naked Came The Stranger – 2011 restoration at DistribPix