A Little Romance – a scene from Tom Desimone’s 1980 film, Wet Shorts – featuring RON ZALE (AKA Lee Brubaker ) and J.W. KING on a bear skin rug.
“There is nothing like the peace & quiet of your own pad with its flaming fireplace — and its red hot Adonis to lovingly defile the peace and wantonly violate the quiet! Our Lothario and his lover ignite and then quench the flames of their desire.”
YorjYefferson’s Wet Shorts review
Casey Scott’s Letterboxd Wet Shorts review – which also includes some cool background info on the making of
music:
- Quiet Evenings – Daren Grusin
- Midnight And You – Love Unlimited Orchestra
- – actual fucking-no-music sounds for 2 minutes
- Barry’s Theme – Love Unlimited Orchestra
- – post sex talk
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Those sound like the correct songs, on both versions of the film from what I can tell. The original 90 minute one and the slightly shorter re-release. Though I’m not sure if other music may have been replaced – and if it’s shorter I wonder what got cut? I know that Casey Scott has commented here before, did you find his review at letterboxd? He lists a few more songs (including a third one by Barry White/LUO), from this and other scenes:
https://letterboxd.com/film/wet-shorts/reviews/
So I’m glad to have musical info about another film beyond just the two songs I could tell on my own. Maybe I was a bit harsh about this scene in my review, it’s definitely romantic and they both look great. Plus that curveball dialogue at the end, asking when JW’s lover would be home.
So regarding the magazine that (apparently) Bob Marsh in the gray shorts, flips through in between the scenes. Is it Skin, Vol. 1 No. 4? There are very brief shots of the front cover, and it seems like a match for this one except for the printed words on the cover:
https://wonderclub.com/magazines/SKINmagSKINV01N04.htm
And I wonder if the ‘Kit’ credited for the title art in the film, was the artist who sketched those pages of the magazine that show the name of the upcoming scene. I don’t know if I’ve heard of a Kit in gay art, at least from that timeframe.
nice job ID’ing the specific SKIN magazine – I tried, and gave up since it didn’t match one I own. I’m sure you are right that KIT did the additional artwork
thanks for the tip on CASEY’s review – I try to look at Letterboxd, but often come up with nothing that I stop for awhile – Casey adds some nice back ground info, which I;m sure he got from that extensive interview w/Desimone that I hope gets published in it’s entirety some day!
like this part: “Marsh, in case you were wondering, (I WAS!!) is also the faceless gent reading stories while poking his large member through the folds in his lounge chair.
Well done Zephyr!
I thought I was catching up, but I’m totally not yet! Oh well.
Great scene- I actually haven’t watched the clip yet. I’m familiar with the scene, although more recently b/c of BJLand. I think I saw it long ago as part of a collection. Two of my favorites- can’t wait to see. I’m actually not quite as interested in the “romance,” I tend to like things more lustful, right up until I see something intimate and then I’m touched in spite of myself. You don’t really expect to see romance in gay porn.
OK, I’m one minute in and I may have to mute it because of the horrible dubbing. Hopefully they’ll stop talking. The kissing is awesome though! Thanks BJ!
Can’t wait to check out YY’s review also!