After Hours
Stories from After Hours, a high-class, erotica emporium.
Ultimate Guide to Vintage Penthouse Pets. Created with: OG Collection.
Beautiful women were attracted to the world of Penthouse Magazine and its founder, photographer Bob Guccione. As an artist, he said he selected his subjects based on an internal perception of beauty that transcended societal trends and historical norms. His tastes ran counter culture. The women featured in Penthouse Magazine during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s were all hand-picked by Guccione. However, by the late ‘90s, the magazine’s editorial control shifted away from him, marking the end of an era.
By OG Collection 4 years ago in Filthy
History of Penthouse Magazine's 1969 American Launch. Created with: OG Collection.
Penthouse began publication as a British magazine, founded on a shoestring in London in 1965 by Bob Guccione, a relatively unknown American artist with no publishing experience. With the assistance of a small, but willing staff, he was able to go against traditional England and, after a controversial beginning, make Penthouse the largest selling quality men's magazine in the history of British publishing.
By OG Collection 9 years ago in Filthy
Penthouse Founder Bob Guccione’s Life Being Turned Into TV Series. Created with: OG Collection.
Penthouse founder Bob Guccione’s rise to the top of the media landscape and fall into financial ruin will be the subject of a new television series, Variety has learned.
By OG Collection 9 years ago in Filthy
Women of Penthouse T-shirts
If you’re a fan of the classic men’s magazine Penthouse and its glossy pages of beautiful women, then you’ll love being able to add these exclusive t-shirts to your wardrobe. Penthouse Magazine was started by Italian-American Bob Guccione with a male audience in mind. It features several lifestyle articles but more importantly its iconic soft-focus imagery of scantily clad women. If you’re looking for a way to get back to your youthful days of sneaking a look at a Penthouse under the covers at night and reliving the excitement of beautiful models in print, these iconic t-shirts will do just the trick. Be the envy of all your friends and honor the lovely ladies of Penthouse all in the comfort of a classic tee.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Filthy Gorgeous tells the story of a self-made billionaire who used his first success, Penthouse, to build a media empire that included over 100 publications. Guccione was a crusader for freedom of speech, an outspoken advocate of Vietnam Veteran’s rights, and the man who cost former Miss America, Vanessa Williams, her crown. Guccione also exposed the hypocrisy of the religious constituents who attempted to destroy him while hiring prostitutes for their own pleasure.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Evolution of The Guccione Collection
The man behind Penthouse, one most controversial men's magazine of all time, Bob Guccione, was not just a media mogul, but a man of many facets. He was an artist, photographer and avid art collector. Over his five decade career, he helped shape the future of art and pop culture. Without his contribution, an artistic bend on counter-culture with trademark defused soft focus photography and an unapologetic editorial style, mainstream media might not look the way it does today.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
Sheila Kennedy's 'No One's Pet' Excerpt: The First Penthouse Shoot
Beneath the glamorous surface of a Penthouse Pet’s life in the mansion lies a dark and often scandalous story. For the first time in the history of the iconic adult magazine Penthouse, the curtain is lifted on life in Bob Guccione’s famous mansion. No One’s Pet: The Autobiography of Sheila Kennedy reveals the inner workings of the media magnate’s private sanctum.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Bob Guccione's Abscam American Hustle
American Hustle, the movie starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Renner, chronicles the misadventures of Bale’s pot-bellied, bad-combover con man in the late 1970s. He’s got issues, this guy, largely with the people in his life: his kooky shut-in wife, his partner-in-crime lover who sports a fake English accent too frequently, an FBI agent who’s caught him dead to rights and is forcing him and his girl to scam for the government, and the Jersey politico he’s supposed to set up, but of whom he’s grown kind of fond. “Some of this actually happened,” a title card announces at the beginning of the movie. That’s one way of putting it. American Hustle is a VERY fictionalized (to the point of pretty much every real name being changed) recounting of the “Abscam” investigations conducted by the Bureau, which themselves were investigated after it became manifestly clear that the Feds had overstepped their bounds in setting up sting operations to trap corrupt politicos. Bob Guccione's Abscam American Hustle, though was no fiction at all.
By Glenn Kenny9 years ago in Filthy
Brandy Ledford Was a Penthouse Pet. Created with: OG Collection.
From softcore porn to TV and film, Brandy Ledford became a favorite within the erotic art and pop culture collecting communities. Brandy Lee Ledford, born February 4, 1969, in Denver, Colorado, is an American actress, model, and Penthouse magazine’s 1992 “Pet of the Year.” Over the years, she transitioned from adult entertainment into mainstream acting, starring in a wide variety of television shows and films. Her roles have ranged from small indie films to well-known comedies like Rat Race. She gained a significant following in the sci-fi and geek community, particularly with her roles in Andromeda and Baywatch Hawaii.
By OG Collection 10 years ago in Filthy
Traci Lords Penthouse Confessions
“I’d posed for every magazine on the rack by now, and the business was all about new meat. I pictured myself lying in the butcher’s case at the supermarket, the plastic wrap covering my body and a red ‘Reduced for Sale’ sign on my forehead. The image seemed very real. I was going off the deep end. I had to shake it before I ate a bottle of pills. I was thinking about death a lot lately, and that day I felt like I was daring God to strike me dead.”
By Filthy Staff10 years ago in Filthy
Penthouse Pet & Author Sheila Kennedy
The lively Sheila Kennedy recounted her life during Penthouse magazine’s Guccione Era: “I was with Bob for ten years back in the 1980’s, and he shot me in Paris, Italy, and all over the world. We were international ambassadors for the Penthouse brand. I think. Bob put me on four separate Penthouse covers, which I think was a record. All that was great and lovely. I lived in the mansion for some time, with Bob, Kathy, and his extended family. We had holidays there and I felt like family too.”
By Glenn Kenny10 years ago in Filthy
