It earned $15 million in gross rental at the U.S. It was more commercially successful than both Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door, and successfully competed against mainstream films.
The Devil in Miss Jones broke the box office record for a pornographic film. In many theaters it was shown after Deep Throat as part of a double bill.
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The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA and premiered at the 57th Street Playhouse in New York City. In an audio interview with The Rialto Report in 2013, Spelvin spoke about how she and Lumiere were lovers at the time and they accepted the adult film work as a means of raising money for their film collective. The actress billed in the movie as Claire Lumiere was hired to do craft services only, but was offered $100 to do a lesbian scene with Spelvin, which she accepted. According to her interview on Dave's Old Porn, Spelvin also did the craft services and cooking on the set. The film marked the first time she used the moniker Georgina Spelvin, a reference to George Spelvin, a traditional stagename used to hide a performer's identity, for any number of reasons. She also meets a tragic end in several of her other films. Her role in The Devil in Miss Jones was typical of her career, as she often played celibate spinsters who have a sexual awakening, then become sex fiends (e.g. The Devil in Miss Jones was one of her first acting appearances following a career as a chorus girl on Broadway where she was featured in productions such as Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity, and The Pajama Game.
The angel Abaca (John Clemens) informs Jones that although she has lived a "pure" life, her suicide has disqualified her from entering Heaven, and she must spend eternity in Limbo. She slits her wrists with a shaving blade while bathing, and dies. Justine Jones, a lonely and depressed spinster, decides that suicide is the only way out of her routinely dull existence. 7.8 The Devil in Miss Jones: The Resurrection.7.5 The Devil in Miss Jones 5: The Inferno.7.4 The Devil in Miss Jones II: The Devil's Agenda.7.3 The Devil in Miss Jones 4: The Final Outrage.7.2 The Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning.VCX claims a copyright rival distributor Arrow Productions distributed unauthorized copies of the film for a time before 2009, when (as part of a mutual truce between the companies) Arrow agreed to accept VCX's copyright claim in exchange for not challenging Arrow's copyright claim on Deep Throat. The Devil in Miss Jones went on to spawn numerous remakes and sequels.Īs with many films of the Golden Age of Porn, the copyright status of The Devil in Miss Jones is unresolved. The film's plot was inspired by the 1944 play No Exit by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Along with Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door, the film is associated with a time in American culture known as " porno chic", in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope) and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert). After his 1972 success with Deep Throat, Damiano shot the film in a converted apple-packing plant in Milanville, Pennsylvania. It is widely regarded as a classic adult film, released during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). The Devil in Miss Jones is a 1973 pornographic film, written, directed and produced by Gerard Damiano and starring Georgina Spelvin and Harry Reems.
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