Carlos Tobalina

Carlos Tobalina

Directing

Biography

Efrain "Carlos" Tobalina was born on April 5, 1925 in Peru. Tobalina emigrated to Brazil prior to moving to America in the early 1950's and eventually settling in California in 1956. Carlos worked as a used car salesman at various automobile dealerships and had a second moonlight gig as an announcer on a Spanish language radio station. Tobalina started his own film business C. Tobalina Productions, Inc. as well as married bookkeeper Maria Pia in 1964. Tobalina was a stepfather to Maria's daughter Gloria. Maria gave birth to another daughter named Linda in 1966. Carlos made his first adult movie with the softcore feature Infrasexum (1969). Tobalina became the owner of the Mayan Theater on Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles two years later (the Mayan Theater was the primary theatrical venue that Tobalina's films were shown at). Moreover, Carlos not only owned two homes in Corona Del Mar, but also owned both the Star Theater in La Puente and the X Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. A lot of Tobalina's explicit hardcore pictures were made at his house on 14930 Corona Del Mar. Carlos made well over forty X-rated movies starting from the early 1970's up until 1987. In addition, Carlos had several run-ins with the law about his constitutional right to make and distribute explicit hardcore fare and even went as far as to fight for his First Amendment rights in court. Tobalina committed suicide at age 63 on March 31, 1989. He explained in a suicide note that the reason he took his own life was because he was suffering from terminal liver cancer.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong movie poster

Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong

A pair of tough guys hole up in an inn in the slums of Hong Kong. One of them is murdered and the other narrowly avoids several attempts on his life. He goes into hiding in the room of the working girl Yen. Yen uses her secret lovemaking technique on the assassin Wang.

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Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong

Carnal Highways movie poster

Carnal Highways

Two friends have decided to take their lusty passions on the road, and to help them on their journey, purchase a big rig truck. They're soon inundated with more beautiful women than they can handle, including Seka, Brook West, and Juliet Anderson, and find themselves going from one sex filled adventure to the next, along the Carnal Highways.

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Carnal Highways

Refinements in Love movie poster

Refinements in Love

A fake documentary about the early adult film industry.

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Refinements in Love

The Last Tango in Acapulco movie poster

The Last Tango in Acapulco

A young woman drifts into a life of prostitution after being sexually assaulted by her father. On a trip to Acapulco, she falls in love with a handsome bullfighter.

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The Last Tango in Acapulco

Impresario Carlos

Affaire in Rio de Janeiro movie poster

Affaire in Rio de Janeiro

Claude, a wealthy man in his 30s, arrives in Rio de Janeiro to check out the plush and expensive brothels he's heard about. At one of them he meets Sonia, and the two are soon engaged in a hot and heavy relationship, making the rounds of Rio's fabulous night life. Claude is shocked, however, when he discovers that Sonia isn't just a beautiful prostitute he's patronizing--she's his long-lost daughter. He brings her back to his mansion in the United States, which he shares with his jealous girlfriend Silvia. Complications ensue.

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Affaire in Rio de Janeiro

Over Easy

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Marathon

Everyone is invited to the sex party to end all sex parties!

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Las Vegas Girls

Two detectives are hired to go to Las Vegas and find a millionaire's missing daughter. On their way, they go through many erotic adventures.

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Las Vegas Girls

Pornography in New York movie poster

Pornography in New York

A history of the pornography industry as it developed in New York City.

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Pornography in New York

Skinflick director (uncredited)

What's Love movie poster

What's Love

Previously lost reconceptualization of Bill Cable's unfinished early 70s epic titled "What is Love," which deals with themes of romantic obsession and Christian blasphemy.

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Production

The Last Tango in Acapulco movie poster

The Last Tango in Acapulco

A young woman drifts into a life of prostitution after being sexually assaulted by her father. On a trip to Acapulco, she falls in love with a handsome bullfighter.

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The Last Tango in Acapulco

The Last Tango in Acapulco movie poster

The Last Tango in Acapulco

A young woman drifts into a life of prostitution after being sexually assaulted by her father. On a trip to Acapulco, she falls in love with a handsome bullfighter.

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The Last Tango in Acapulco

The Last Tango in Acapulco movie poster

The Last Tango in Acapulco

A young woman drifts into a life of prostitution after being sexually assaulted by her father. On a trip to Acapulco, she falls in love with a handsome bullfighter.

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The Last Tango in Acapulco

Uschi

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Uschi

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Uschi

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The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio movie poster

The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio

A man commits a series of murders due to his dual personalities and his zodiac birth sign.

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The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio

One of a Kind movie poster

One of a Kind

A man happens to buy a very special accordion. Its music makes any woman incredibly horny and lustful, makes her forget about everything and just yield to temptation, no matter what. Maybe this is hard to believe, but as soon as the new accordion owner tried it out he knew it was true. His fiancee was the first to lose her mind, then her friends experienced the magic of the accordion, and that was only the beginning.

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One of a Kind movie poster

One of a Kind

A man happens to buy a very special accordion. Its music makes any woman incredibly horny and lustful, makes her forget about everything and just yield to temptation, no matter what. Maybe this is hard to believe, but as soon as the new accordion owner tried it out he knew it was true. His fiancee was the first to lose her mind, then her friends experienced the magic of the accordion, and that was only the beginning.

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One of a Kind movie poster

One of a Kind

A man happens to buy a very special accordion. Its music makes any woman incredibly horny and lustful, makes her forget about everything and just yield to temptation, no matter what. Maybe this is hard to believe, but as soon as the new accordion owner tried it out he knew it was true. His fiancee was the first to lose her mind, then her friends experienced the magic of the accordion, and that was only the beginning.

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Director of Photography

Gallery

Carlos Tobalina portrait