Teresa, la femme qui aime les hommes

Call it a dry run, this vehicle for the memorable European porn star Teresa Orlowshi launched her internationally after she had appeared in a VCA movie shot in Europe by Fred Lincoln. Thus began her partnership with husband Sascha Alexander, a true star-maker.

Formula is simple: Teresa plays a version of herself as a strong female entrepreneur running a porn magazine (and featured model for it, sort of a sexual Oprah pioneer) as well as operating a flashy sex club/disco. What makes this different is her always being in charge -the image of a powerful business woman as well as a glamorous one. A key scene and subplot has her interviewing a handsome guy for a job and matter of factly going through the casting couch ritual in reverse: he has to undress and service her to get the job.

With real-life husband Sascha Alexander as partner, she would go on to produce dozens of ponr features, including the hit "Foxy Lady" series starring herself, and with international casts featuring top American performers. Several years later Sascha would move on to repeat this formula and success with British starlet Sarah Young, a worthy successor to Teresa in challenging American dominance of the Adult Entertainment industry.