outdoors

Irresistible, innocent beauty Ron Durango (at bottom of box cover) walks down an L.A. sidewalk into a new life filled with sexual adventures he couldn’t imagine back home in Nebraska. This is the opening of “Come of Age,“ a classic gay porno from 1971. Bijou Pictures opened the vaults to bring us this flaxen-haired country boy’s tale of unabashed erotic discovery.

It’s Ron’s first day in town and he literally bumps into Mark Taylor (top of box cover), who takes him under his wing. Mark thinks he can hook Ron up with a job, but first it’s time for Ron to shower off the road funk and have a little fun. Cooking up a flimsy excuse to shower together, Mark sets the wheels in motion. He doesn’t have to try hard, because as it turns out, Ron is quite a bit easygoing about everything, including sex. He’s only had two blowjobs from a man before, and is curious enough to have a third right there in the shower from Mark.

Even though Ron has just gotten to town, he’s happy to tag along with Mark to his mountain cabin. It’s a no-clothes-allowed affair, so they strip as soon as they arrive. Mark and Ron cuddle in front of the fire after eating steak for dinner and, softcore porn style, there is implied sex. Don’t worry, it won’t always be so vague.

In the morning, Ron makes coffee and breakfast for Mark. Still naked, they explore the mountain and are in the midst of further exploring each other when a cute blond couple, Ralph Martin and Tom Winston, come along and startle Mark so much he literally tells them to take a hike. Uninhibited Ron says he didn’t mind having an audience while sucking cock, so he and Mark decide to follow Ralph and Tom.

Both Ralph and Tom have big dicks and when Mark and Ron see that, they can’t help staring in awe as the blonds have a nice, long fuck out in the sun. Afterward, Mark and Ron approach and offer to kiss and make up, so to speak, back at the cabin. They race each other on foot and we get to watch it in slow-motion.

Back at the cabin, the new guys discover the upright piano with the trippy paint job. Ralph and Tom try with limited success to bang out a song while Mark and Ron climb on top of the instrument and watch. Soon the guys abandon musical pursuits for something they’re a lot better at and something that’s a lot more group-friendly. Four-way sex on a piano is creative and requires some agility. Fortunately, they have more room to spread out when they get together a few weeks later, back in the city at Mark’s place. The four guys are all versatile fucks who turn their anal daisy chain into a game of musical tops and bottoms. You can tell this is the start of a beautiful relationship for all involved.

There’s nothing quite as beautiful as virile, slender young men frolicking in the sun, clad in nothing but the air around them. On the other hand, this is also a campy, old-fashioned kind of movie that many will enjoy for its pre-condom retro appeal and acting that’s generally better than you’d expect in a porno. “Come of Age” bears little resemblance to the porn of today, but there’s something timeless about getting away from it all for some outdoor sex, don’t you think?