We wiped off the dust from this porn classic from fifty, yes 50, years ago to share with you. This is one that many lovers of classic porn tend to forget. Nonetheless, it was a masterful production in every way and truly deserves the title porn classic. It is also in it’s rightful place in the AVN Hall of Fame. So, enjoy our original review that we did back in the mid 90’s of this exceptional film.

Wet Rainbow – Arrow Productions – Director – Duddy Kane – Cast – Georgina Spelvin, Valerie Marron, Mary Stuart, Harry Reems, Alan Marlow.

This might be one of the most forgotten films of porn’s golden age, but nonetheless, it remains a worthy classic today. Back then directors like Gerard Damiano, Henry Paris and Alex DeRenzy were tops in the field, there were others like “Duddy Kane” the director of this film. While never proven, this was supposedly a pseudonym of a well known mainstream director. The reason for a lot of the guessing about Kane and who it really might have been was the exceptional high quality of the acting, locales, settings and structure of the film, not mention the music that was written specifically for this film. One of the songs had true pop potential but was rejected by several record labels because it was part of a porn film. However, just two years later in 1976, Andrea True, a major porn star at the time, had a big disco hit record that reached #2 on the Billboard charts, and became a disco classic, “More, More, More”! But back to this production, the casting of the performers were not only sexually great, but had real serious acting chops and it added up to a great film.

The film stars two of the earliest icons of adult, Harry Reems and Georgina Spelvin as a happily married couple. They live in Greenwich Village and he is a photographer and college professor and his wife is a painter. They live somewhat  the village hippy lifestyle in a trendy loft. Their sex lives are good as we see in their scenes (there are eight sex scenes here). Now, enter Rainbow (Valerie Marron) as the college student. She is saddled with a very sexual roommate (Mary Stuart) and it drives her crazy. So she sets out to seduce the professor into some sexual pleasure of her own. She sends him a photograph she hopes will convince him but he doesn’t give in. Instead he discusses the situation about this girl with his wife. Turns out his wife has always had a suppressed desire to make love to a woman but has never acted on it.

From here the film takes on a true mainstream direction as the story plays out all the pros and cons of having Rainbow become part of their sexual lives. It is well done on all points adding to the overall enjoyment of the sex scenes that take place and to the story itself. The sex is filled with lust, passion and need. They are done very well with the camera allowing for some very enticing visuals. Marron is perfectly cast as Rainbow with just the right look and carries her role very convincingly. Reems and Spelvin, two pros, truly give this production a mainstream feel from start to finish. The ending of the film does offer a twist regarding this entire relationship and what it brought into each one’s life. This production makes for an entertaining view both from the story and plot as well as the sex and one that couples will certainly enjoy.

It has been re-issued on DVD so I definitely recommend seeking it out. It is well constructed with Kane’s total mainstream feel very obvious. The camera work focuses on the characters bringing the scenes to life. The music, as we mentioned earlier, is exceptional and helps heighten many of the scenes as well as the opening of the film. 1974’s “Wet Rainbow” is a true classic from porn’s golden age that deserves your view.

Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN