Schoolmate Albert Poledri remembered him as “the smartest guy I ever met in school.” He was the editor-in-chief of The Eagle Beak, the academy’s newspaper, and was even listed in the annual volume of “Who’s Who Among American High School Students.” George was a young man in a hurry he was a class vice president, a member of the debating club, played for the chess team, and excelled as a track star. DeMille-wannabe George has different ideas and throws out new suggestions every few minutes. He sent out the shooting scripts weeks ago-but now that they’re on set, the mysterious, Cecil B. This is the fourth day of shooting and there’s still no end in sight.
Normally that would be a red flag in the semi-legal, grey area in which porno filmmakers operate, but when a money-man has handed you a suitcase of cash to make a movie, and drives you to the film set each day in a stretch limo, do you really need to ask any questions? Not even Chris Covino, who brought George on board, knows much about him. Then there’s Wilbur Weiss Jr., one of the film’s lead actors, a Jersey pretty boy, ex-male stripper whose mother makes his dancing costumes, and who understandably prefers to be referred to as ‘Scorpio’.Īnd there’s George, the film’s financier. Or John Christopher to the adult film world.
There’s the film’s director, Chris Covino.
At the heart of the confusion, an intense discussion is taking place between three men.