Rare & Forgotten "Adult" Cinema From The Filthy 70s From the early 1960s right up to the death blow wielded by The Messe Commission, anything went on 42nd Street in New York City. Porno guys got cheap multi-year leases on most of "The Deuce" and surrounding blocks. Formerly un-rentable retail stores became "store-front theaters." A plywood partition was built to house the projector, the black wall was painted white or a sheet was hung up, a few dozen folding chairs were lined up, and the windows were blacked out. Usually a window had something on it to entice you in-a painted silhouette of a naked woman or a glaring cheap sign, framed out in yellow light bulbs, proclaiming "XXX Movies." Now, After Hours Cinema and yours truly, 42P, are going to give you the storefront theater viewing experience. But we can only show you this gonad-bursting collection of classic films, painfully restored from their original grimy elements.