Eric Edwards: A Fundraiser – Podcast 22 reprise
The Rialto Report
Ashley West
4.8 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2016
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Eric Edwards is a true trailblazer of the adult film industry.
He started his adult career in the 1960s and stayed in the business for four decades. He starred in silent loops and narrative features. He moved between acting and directing, softcore and hardcore, and the east and west coast industries.
Since retiring from the business, things haven’t been easy for Eric. He lost his home and has struggled with cancer. But he’s doing better now and living in a modest apartment an hour outside of Los Angeles. Until recently he has shared this home with one of his sons with whom he has split the living expenses.
We recently learned from Eric that his son has to move out and as a result Eric is grappling to make ends meet. He fears losing his apartment and having to live in his tent as he has done in the past when times have been tough.
Eric is arranging to bring in a roommate to help share costs but until that happens, he needs some help so he can keep his home.
This month through the Golden Age Appreciation Fund we are raising money for Eric, and are reprising our 2013 interview with him. We are also pleased to present below a selection of rare photos from Eric’s personal collection.
Please consider donating whatever you can to Eric through the Golden Age Appreciation Fund. The fundraiser will be active until Friday June 24th, 2016 and 100% of the money raised will go directly to Eric.
For every $25 donated we will send you a golden age adult film DVD and an issue of Cinema Sewer magazine (while supplies last).
And the first donation of $150 will receive a limited edition ‘Tit Print’ courtesy of Annie Sprinkle. This comes from the final batch of prints made by Annie and is a true rare collector’s item. Endless thanks to Annie for her generosity to supply us with this work of art for this cause.
Note: due to high international shipping prices, we can only mail the thank you gifts above within the United States.
This episode running time is 92 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm very shy, inward, really. |
| 0:02.0 | To get up in front of an audience, I just clam up like crazy. |
| 0:06.0 | Oddly enough, a person who has been taken off his clothes most of his life, |
| 0:10.0 | and I'm shy, don't make much sense do it. Eric Edwards is a shy man, and he's a deeply |
| 0:36.6 | And he's deeply romantic too. |
| 0:42.3 | So how did he have such a successful career in the adult film industry |
| 0:45.3 | outlasting everyone else from the early days? |
| 0:48.3 | Eric was there at the beginning, appearing with Linda Lovelace and others |
| 0:51.3 | in silent black and white loops that look prehistoric today. |
| 0:58.9 | For the next 15 years he acted in the full range of adult features, from ambitious productions by Radley Metzker, Jerry Demiano and Cecil Howard, through to cheap One Day Wonders, whose titles |
| 1:03.7 | he never knew. Then, in the mid-1980s, he moved behind the camera and shot a series of |
| 1:08.5 | sensitive and artistic features for the couples market. Throughout this time, he had significant relationships with several notable women from the industry. |
| 1:15.6 | Firstly, he married Chris Jordan, who appeared in a number of softcore films in the early 1970s. |
| 1:20.6 | Then he lived with Arcadia Lake, star of films like Debbie Does Dallas and Neon Nights. |
| 1:25.6 | And finally he married the actress René Summers in the 1980s. |
| 1:28.8 | All had their moments, but all failed to give Eric the long-lasting romantic dream he craved. |
| 1:34.2 | Recent years have been tough for him, with a series of personal tragedies and health issues |
| 1:38.2 | that finally forced him into retirement. |
| 1:40.3 | But his experience in the industry over three decades is second to none. |
| 1:44.8 | I'm very happy to be joined today by my co-presenter Laura Helen Marks. |
| 1:49.2 | This is the story of Eric Edwards, an unlikely porn star. |
| 1:52.5 | Stay tuned. |
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