Behind the Green Door, the erotic short story [FRENCH VERSION]

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More than fifty years after its theatrical release, Behind the Green Doorone of the greatest classics of American adult cinema returns for the first time in a French edition. Push the green door, step back in time and experience again the porno chic era.

In 1972, James and Artie Mitchell had a brilliant idea. These two brothers, entrepreneurs and owners of the O’Farrell Theater, an adult cinema in San Francisco produced a full-length feature film destined to become one of the first X-rated classics, not only in America, but worldwide. A film that will go down in cinema history: Behind the Green Door . Its phenomenal success opened the doors to international distribution and made a legend of its lead actress, the not-entirely-unknown Marilyn Chambers (whose beautiful face was on the popular Ivory Snow laundry detergent boxes).

The book that opened the door…

Behind the green door is directly inspired by an erotic short story. A short story shrouded in mystery. The work has two titles: Behind the Green Door or The Abduction of Gloria, this curious manuscript is said to have been published clandestinely by publishing houses specializing in erotic literature. The identity of the author has never been publicly revealed, nor has the handwriting been dated. According to some historians, the text was written shortly before or during the Second World War, by an anonymous author who, anxious to slip through the cracks of censorship, distributed it unsigned. For others, Behind the Green Door dates back to the ’50s or ’60s and bears the hallmarks of a counter-culture work. It could even be a collective work passed on under the cloak and modified by its own readers, who, according to legend, copied the text to share it. One thing seems certain: this short, sulfurous “pulp” story circulated in American underground circles in the 70s, in home-made and often very economical editions.

The phenomenal success of the film literally eclipsed the short story that inspired it. Now extremely rare, never translated or published in France, this cultural artifact of the sexual revolution deserved to resurface. For the first time, we offer a French edition of Behind the Green Door, translated by us for the occasion, complete with photographs. This rare work, indispensable to any collector of erotic or pornographic literature, is available in an ultra-limited edition. Don’t miss it! You might just regret it.