Carlos Tobalina
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 5, 1925
- Died
- March 31, 1989 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Peru
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Kulies
Movie · Director
What's Love
Movie · Director
Boiling Desires
Movie · Director
Pulsating Flesh
Movie · Director
Super Sex
Movie · Director
Flesh and Bullets
Movie · Director
Love Champions
Movie · Director
Sexual Odyssey
Movie · Director
My Sinful Life
Movie · Director
Carnal Olympics
Movie · Director
Lady Dynamite
Movie · Director
Flesh and Laces
Movie · Director
Flesh and Laces 2
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Flesh Pond
Movie · Director
Marathon
Movie · Director
Oriental Hawaii
Movie · Director
Mai Lin vs. Serena
Movie · Director
Lust Inferno
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The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2
Movie · Director
Anticipation
Movie · Director
Undulations
Movie · Director
Las Vegas Girls
Movie · Director
Sexual Heights
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Interlude of Lust
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Uschi
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Carnal Highways
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American Way of Love
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Sensual Fire
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Three Ripening Cherries
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Come Under My Spell
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Jungle Blue
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I Am Always Ready
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Carnal Haven
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Champagne Orgy
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Lusty Princess
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The Ultimate Pleasure
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Her Last Fling
Movie · Director
The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova
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Fantastic Orgy
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One of a Kind
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Annie Sprinkle Triple Feature 3
Movie · Director
The Last Tango in Acapulco
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Marilyn and the Senator
Movie · Director
Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong
Movie · Director
Orgy American Style
Movie · Director
Love on Wheels
Movie · Director
Tonite... I Love You
Movie · Director
Affaire in Rio de Janeiro
Movie · Director
Refinements in Love
Movie · Director
I Am Curious Tahiti
Movie · Director
Infrasexum
Movie · Director
Notorious Big Sin City
Movie · Director