Hardly a classic, this middle part of a forgotten porn trilogy concerns an ice cream parlor run by Herschel Savage, and even starts with a voiceover intoning "Ice cream continues" (with Ice Cream II listed in the copyright line), though the 2009 DVD reissue bears the irrelevant title "Naked Eyes".
With a comical bent, the story structure evokes mainstream giants like Orson Welles and Luis Bunuel, hardly evoked in Adult Cinema but oddly relevant here. That's because the unsigned filmmakers (only actor credits are displayed on screen) demonstrate some borderline creativity in the way the story unfolds.
Savage has a sibling rivalry situation with his sister Valerie, star of the show Misty Regan. He has a special syrup formula that turns out to be an aphrodisiac, and this segment of the series ends ("to be continued...") with Valerie stealing a sample to take to a lab and make a fortune.
Even though the show is set at the ice cream parlor, the structure of the piece recalls Welles's fondness for fables and oral narratives (most notably in his adaptation of Dinesen's "The Immortal Story" as well as his classic "Lady from Shanghai". An old pal of Savage's Chance Taylor (played by Shone Taylor wearing a Big Game Hunter outfit) pops into the ice cream store and regales him with tales of his adventures in Egypt, with him bringing back valuable vanilla beans.
Flashback shows him at the tent (ultra-cheap set, crummy even by porn standards) of a sheik -also played by Savage - who shows his veiled fourth wife Falana (superstar Raven in a relatively minor role) and concubines Bunny Bleu and busty Susan Hart, leading to a group sex scene. A burly, uncredited tent "doorman" hams it up with comical asides and silly musical track turns the sex into comedy.
Chance dreams of returning to the sheik's tent, risking his life for sex with the elusive Falana, and this is presented in the form of an erotic dream. The way the show goes off on these narrated tangents at will is in the classic style of Bunuel (Phantom of Liberty, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), and I found it beguiling, though most Adult Cinema fans would be unstirred. A very obscure actress, Lynn Cartier, has a major role in both this and its predecessor movie "Touch of Mischief" but didn't make it in the biz.
