Vintage USA porn: 'The Roundabouts'
Generally lauded as one of the better producers of early gay hardcore, Jaguar Productions THE ROUNDABOUTS is a well shot melodrama with a dimestore paperback plot, gender-swapped for the lavender set, that centers around Mark and Glenn, a loving couple in their 20s. Glenn is a doctor at a nearby military base, though nothing about his demeanor suggests a medical professional - he mostly lounges around the house in nothing but a pair of cutoffs - while Mark works as an attendant at a filling station along the Pacific Coast Highway. Receiving a letter from an old school friend, Glenn flashes back to their youthful dalliance, remembering they promised to meet ten years after graduation. Now, former lover Darryl has come calling.
Is this a great 'film'? Well of course not it was made in 1972 and is, after all, porn - but under the circumstances that it had at its heart a gay couple/romance has to acknowledged as extraordinary.
