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When theater managers Denny and Lorrie Lightner realized they couldn't pay the bills screening art films, they decided to get X-rated. In 1980's Marin County, it was a brilliant format switch--on paper.
While Marin County's distinction for undiscriminating lifestyle experiments persist, a closer look reveals a more nuanced actuality.
See today's Pacific Sun's column about the time Marinites swarmed on the Cinema II Erotic Theater like white blood cells all over tuberculosis.
Erecting a Grind House Emporium in Marin never had a chance.
If you enjoyed this article, you might want to see:
Marin County film revisited—Quaaludes, cocaine, adultery, hot tubs, orgies, Moonie mind control...
Poster: X-Rated Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s, edited by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh
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