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    Carlos Tobalina

    1925-04-05 (99 years old) in Peru

    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.

    Movies

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    What's Love
    48 %|May 1, 1987
    Romance, Fantasy, Horror
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    Pulsating Flesh
    62.5 %|Nov 20, 1986
    Romance
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    Wild Nurses in Lust
    0 %|Apr 30, 1986
    Comedy
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    Love Champions
    52 %|Jul 1, 1985
    Romance
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    Sexual Odyssey
    0 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Fantasy
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    Marathon
    60 %|Oct 10, 1983
    Drama, Comedy
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    Flesh and Laces 2
    100 %|Sep 1, 1983
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    Lady Dynamite
    55 %|Aug 14, 1983
    Drama
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    My Sinful Life
    60 %|Jun 22, 1983
    Romance
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    Flesh and Laces
    100 %|Jun 17, 1983
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    Flesh Pond
    36.67 %|May 19, 1983
    Crime
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    Mai Lin vs. Serena
    80 %|Jan 1, 1982
    Comedy
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    The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2
    75 %|Jan 1, 1982
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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    Las Vegas Girls
    70 %|Mar 17, 1981
    Drama
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    Interlude of Lust
    40 %|Jan 1, 1981
    Crime, Drama
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    Carnal Highways
    60 %|Jan 4, 1980
    Drama
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    Come Under My Spell
    70 %|Aug 23, 1979
    Comedy, Fantasy
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    Sensual Fire
    70 %|Jul 1, 1979
    Fantasy
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    Champagne Orgy
    42 %|Nov 2, 1978
    Comedy
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    Over Easy
    0 %|Jul 6, 1978
    Fantasy, Romance
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    Lusty Princess
    0 %|Jan 1, 1978
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    One of a Kind
    0 %|May 21, 1976
    Fantasy
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    Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here
    38 %|Apr 11, 1976
    Crime, Action
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    The Last Tango in Acapulco
    0 %|Apr 10, 1975
    Thriller, Drama, Romance
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    Pornography in New York
    0 %|Sep 20, 1972
    Documentary
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    Affaire in Rio de Janeiro
    0 %|May 1, 1972
    Romance
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    Tonite... I Love You
    0 %|Apr 27, 1972
    Drama
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    Refinements in Love
    65 %|Jul 16, 1971
    Romance
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    Infrasexum
    48 %|Jul 19, 1969
    Drama, Thriller, Horror

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