Books : X-Rated: The Mitchell Brothers : A True Story of Sex, Money, and Death
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by: David McCumber
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1740979461
EAN: 9780671751562
ISBN: 0671751565
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 1992-11
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 1179154
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Product Description:
An account of the murder of pornographer Artie Mitchell by his brother, Jim, describes Jim and Artie's rise to fame in the pornography industry, their porn classic, Behind the Green Door, and their descent into lives of alcoholism and violence. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Dreadful writing
David McCumber, now at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle in the mid-1980s, where the late Hunter S. Thompson made a brief, unsuccessful stint as a columnist. McCumber knew the Mitchells and the O'Farrell Theatre; this book, therefore, perhaps was inevitable. McCumber is also a far better editor than writer, if this book is any indication.
The Mitchells, according to their biographers, saw an opportunity to make big money in porn and did just ... Read More
Rating: - Sophomoric
This is truly a pitiful book. David McCumber, a Hunter S. Thompson wannabe, is not only a terrible writer, he's very fast and loose with his facts and opinions. At one point he spends wasted time glorifying attorney Michael Kennedy, a genuine bottom feeder, and the First Amendment Rights of the Porn Industry. The author is very transparent trying to convince the reader the sex-industry is a victimless crime at best. He fails miserably by then going through the dreary list of women who were abused, ... Read More
Rating: - Not written, transcripted
I managed until page 125 or so and couldn't read anymore. Sorry. The subject is interesting although somewhat "light" on the cultural revolution at the end of the 60s. What stopped me was the writing : this book is not written, it reads like a transcript from some audio tape. I never read anything so poorly written.
Rating:  - The Moral Majority Is Neither!
This book will not win any awards. Some of it may not be 100% accurate. One thing is: The Mitchell Brothers RULED! These brothers built an empire from nothing, fighting against censorship, hypocrites, and do-gooders along the way. (They also spent a fortune in the process.) The duo launched many a career including The Ivory Snow Girl Marilyn Chamber's and the hotter today than ever Nina Hartley's. The O'Farrell Theater is on their resume too. I would've given anything to have been old ... Read More
Rating: - Knowledgeable book on a taboo subject.
This book tells of the life and times of the one and only Mitchell Brothers. Considered by most in the porno film industry to be pioneers in the adult film business. The brothers made one of the first box office hits "Behind the Green Door" at about the same time that "DeepThroat" came out.This book also outlined the struggles between the two brothers. Another feature that recieves great emphasis in this book is their many legal battles that they have to go through. The thing that I found amazing ... Read More
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