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Fred Halsted
Joseph Yale

L.A. Plays Itself

Distributor	Released	Length
HIS Video	1972	50
ECC	1979	50
Cosco Studio	1977	50
Alpha Blue Archives	?

Category:

General Hardcore

Studio:

VCA Pictures

Rating Out of 4:

Overall: ***

Action: ***

Videography: **

Produced:

j1969

Type:

Shot on film

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Production Credits

Director:

Fred Halsted

Music:

Theda

Photography:

Fred Halsted

Producer:

Fred Halsted

Writer:

Fred Halsted

Cast Credits

Performer

Fred Halsted

Jim Frost

Joseph Yale

Rick Coates (70s)

Fred Halsted

Jim Frost

Joseph Yale

Rick Coates (70s)

Description source: promotional material

Fred Halsted's classic odyssey of Los Angeles men, has been hailed by critics around the globe as a watershed film in the history of gay erotic cinema. Both "L.A. Plays Itself" and the additional short film "Sex Garage" have been chosen for the permanent film collection of The Museum of Modern Art.

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Described by Harold Fairbanks, Advocate film reviewer , as the first really artistic gay porn film. Halsted says that he saw no gay porn prior to filming this. It was bought for and shown at the Museum of Modern Art. Yale pulled out of the film in the middle so Halsted had to rewrite the story with the footage he had.

Zephyr: Three songs by Tonto's Expanding Head Band are also heard in the seminal L.A. Plays Itself by Fred Halsted: Cybernaut, Jetsex and Timewhys, all in the second part with Fred and Joey. Earlier in thim film, in the first half is Symphony in B Flat Major, Hob. 1:98:2 Adagio by Haydn, Leonard Bernstein and the N.Y. Philharmonic.

Scene source: promotional material

Action notes: O=Oral; A=Anal; g=give; r=receive; b=bottom; t=top;

Scene 1: L.A. Plays Itself pt 1 200'

Jim FrostOgrAt, Rick Coates (70s)OgrAb

The running water and beautiful forest of the Malibu canyon is the setting for this romantic encounter between a blond swimmer and a hunky bodybuilder who knows how to use his 10 inches.

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Derek:

Brunet Jim Frost hikes through a lush mountain area with a stream and comes upon long-haired blond Rick Coates sunning himself in the nude. Coates is turned on by the stud and pulls his jeans down to suck his cock. Frost also sucks Coates briefly, then tops him.

Scene 2: L.A. Plays Itself pt 2 200'

Fred Halstedsolo, Joseph Yale

The original FFA scene. First time filmed. Stars Fred Halsted and Joey Yale, A fearsome looking stud has this blond boy begging for more!

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Derek:

Over scenes of the L.A. metro area, we find slave boy Joseph Yale crawling naked up a barren staircase up to master Fred Halsted. He licks Halsted’s boots, then Halsted ties him up in bed, whips him with a strap, fists him (in unedited versions of this film), then throws him into a closet. Halsted then lays back, as the sun streams in on him from the window, and jacks off.

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References:

55th St. Playhouse. Gay Vol. 3 No. 74 Apr. 17, 1972 pg. 17 (Advertisement)

The Paris Theatre. The Advocate #88, Jun. 21, 1972 pg. 23 (Advertisement)

The Advocate #88, Jun. 21, 1972 pg. 25 (Review)

David Jade. "Gayflicks: No Blown Pistons" Gay Times #5, 1973 pg. 22 (Art)

David Minton. "Fred Halsted Plays Himself" In Touch Vol. 1 No. 2 Nov. 1973 pg. 18 (Interview)

David Jade. "Gayficks: Sadist Seminar / Black and Blue" Gay Times #13, 1974 pg. 13 (Review)

"Top 10" Gay Movie Guide Jul. 1974 pg. 5 (Notes)

Charles Anson. "L.A. Plays Itself" Gay Movie Guide Jul. 1974 pg. 15 (Review)

Siebenand, Paul. The Beginnings of Gay Cinema in Los Angeles: The Industry and the Audience. Los Angles, CA: USC, 1975 pg. 31,38,51,75,86,100,127,194,213-216,220,223-224,226,230,273,284

Roger Martin. "Gay Products Probe" Gay Times #29, 1975 pg. 14 (Review/Pictures)

Don Gonzales. "We can't talk about S&M in the kitchen" Mandate Vol. 1 No. 5 Aug. 1975 pg. 32 (Notes)

Cosco. "Film Sale" Drummer Vol. 3 No. 19 1977 pg. 79 (Advertisement)

Michael Llewellyn. "Homosex in the Cinema" Mandate Vol. 2 No. 22 Feb. 1977 pg. 33 (Essay)

Jack Fritscher. "Dirty Poole" Drummer Vol. 4 No. 27 1978 pg. 14 (Index)

Arrow Film & Video. Mandate Vol. 4 No. 43 Nov. 1978 pg. 67 (Advertisement)

Arrow Film & Video. Mandate Vol. 4 No. 44 Dec. 1978 pg. 70 (Advertisement)

"Skin Biz" Skin Vol. 1 No. 1 1979 pg. 41 (Notes)

"Go to Bed with Fred" In Touch No. 40 Mar.-Apr. 1979 pg. 87 (Advertisement)

Nob Hill Cinema. Bay Area Reporter Vol. 11 No. 9 Apr. 23, 1981 pg. 36 (Advertisement)

"The All-Male Film part 2" Stallion Vol. 1 No. 3 Jun. 1982 pg. 24 (Essay)

John W. Rowberry. Gay Video: A Guide to Erotica. : Mark-One, 1986 pg. 72

"Fade Out: Fred Halsted (1941-1989)" Manshots Vol. 2 No. 2 Oct. 1989 pg. 74 (News)

Bill Bottiggi. "The Gay Film Heritage: Fred Halsted" Manshots Vol. 2 No. 4 Jan. 1990 pg. 6 (Essay/Pictures)

J.D.. "Classic Videos: L.A. Plays Itself / Sex Garage" Manshots Vol. 5 No. 2 Dec. 1992 pg. 51 (Review)

Note: All names credited on this website, whether for performance or production should be considered fictional stage names. Any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead or otherwise, is purely coincidental.

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