Perversion for Profit (1964)
1964 · Ephemeral film · 31 min
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
Centered around a vehement diatribe against pornography delivered by news reporter George Putnam, the film attempts to link explicit portrayals of human sexuality to the subversion and decline of American civilization, and briefly draws a parallel between pornography and Communist infiltration. Perversion for Profit illustrates its claims with still images taken from various softcore pornography magazines of the period-- though, 'sensitive' parts of the human anatomy have been obscured by…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Citizens for Decent Literature Inc. (CDL)
- Released
- 1965-01-01
- Running time
- 31 minutes
Cast & crew
George Putnam
Damian O'Flynn
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The One, The Original · Spuzz · 2012-10-24
A note before I go into this review.. It's nice to see this influential Prelinger piece in one complete film :) bzzzt bzzt... 'Very Few Blind People join the nudist colony".. bzzt bzzt "Are cross dressers afraid of sex?".. Bzzt bzzt.. "75 to 90% ends up in the hands of our children".. bzzt bzzt... "The Tumbler place on her thigh"... Man, I could go on and on and on about this film, I've seen this at least.. I'll say 40 times. Ever since Rick came to town with his bag o' films and showed this heap of communism-feaaring mumbo-jumbo about perversion, I have been fascinated by this film. This is…
★★★★★ · A classic · eliz.gear · 2026-06-15
George Putnam had some big talk for a guy with an open marriage. But great film for reference in LGBTQ history studies and research. Lots of magazine titles shown which make me think... were they at all concerned about giving these "depraved publications" even MORE publicity? Shout out to A/V Geeks for another zinger.
★★★ · "Citizens for Decent Literature - forget the bank fraud" · Raphis58 · 2018-04-23
I have seen this many times. This is in no way associated with 'The Christophers'. It is though associated with Charles Keating. Remember Chuck? From the 1950s - 1970s He was a crusader against all things OBSCENE and PORNOGRAPHIC!!! (More about Chuckles at the end) The movie means well in a mid-sixties cautionary tale way. It is super preachy but points are well made. It is a little over the top. It is a little too graphic, though naughty bits are blacked out, but still, don't even think about showing this to your kid. Back to Mr Decent Literature, Mr Keating in the 1980s as president of…
