You could find the world's most comprehensive libraries there alongside X-rated theaters.

Pornography distribution changed radically during the 1980s, with VHS and cable television largely displacing X-rated theaters.

Her husband, Elmer (David Samson), is a polyester-clad lout who owns an X-rated theater, causing anti-pornography protesters to picket the Fishpaws' house.

Cincinnati has no adult bookstores, no X-rated theaters, no peep shows, no nude dancing clubs and no massage parlors.

A similar incident took place at an X-rated theater in Seattle the same year while Order members got away with $250,000 in an armored car robbery.

LUCKILY, he and his wife came across the closed X-rated theater and struck a deal with the landlord, who they said was eager to return it to legitimate use.

Across the Limmat River is the funkier part of the Old Town, with lively restaurants, some X-rated theaters and alleys full of antiques shops and boutiques.

By law, Cincinnati has no peep shows, no adult bookstores, no X-rated theaters, no bars that allow nude dancing, no escort services and no massage parlors.

But to Mr. Shulman, turning his movie house into an X-rated theater was not a matter of choice; it was a matter of economics.