Kenneth Guarino started Capital Video in 1979. As early as 1983, The Boston Globe published a profile of him and his operations: …Although he was only 28 years old [in 1977], Guarino had become the biggest purveyor of pornography in New England…Guarino, who entered the business as a teenager, had risen to become one of […]
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Valley Advocate: “Erotica: Eden’s Dark Side”
The September 28 Valley Advocate writes about how “Northampton’s understanding of its special local culture is headed for a test…” Northampton has a mix that includes not only mainstream adult consumers of porn, but students–young people discovering their sexuality and experimenting with materials to help them enhance it. It has gays and lesbians, who have […]
Gazette: “Porn shop part of wide network – Founder of Capital Video has faced criminal charges”
Saturday’s Gazette has a front-page article on Capital Video Corporation and its owner, Kenneth Guarino:“…Attempts to talk with representatives from Capital Video Corp. about its operations and its plans for Northampton have been unsuccessful. According to undated material on Metro Global Media’s Web site, the company said it planned to open as many as 20 Amazing […]
Peep Shows: “Generally unsanitary”, “frequent sexual activity is apparent”; Porn industry connected to organized crime
From the report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (1986): …Increasingly, however, the peep show, often combined with an outlet for the sale of pornographic books and magazines, is a major form of meeting consumer demand. The typical peep show is located on the premises of an “adults only” establishment selling large numbers of […]
Kenneth Guarino “ranks among porn’s most powerful”
Mr. Guarino owns 100% of the capital stock of Capital Video Corporation, and is President-CEO. He tells Dun & Bradstreet that his company had over $21 million in sales in 2005. Capital Video has 21 “branches” across the US, including the Massachusetts cities of Boston, Fairhaven, North Weymouth, Northborough and Springfield. Subsidiaries of Capital Video […]
Capital Video Owner Kenneth Guarino “was associated with Natale Richichi, a capo in the Gambino family of La Cosa Nostra”
Kenneth Guarino owns Capital Video Corporation, the firm that plans to build a porn shop with viewing booths on King Street. [November 2006 update: New laws passed in Northampton killed the viewing booth plans.] The following is taken from the records of the US Court of Appeals, where Guarino lost an appeal of a tax […]