Academy Award-nominated documentary and experimental filmmaker Barry Spinello (A FIlm About Sharon) made two soft core sex films in the mid-seventies, this entertaining 1975 feature and the earlier Bizarre Devices (1973). Financed by Harry Novak, Massage Parlor Wife starred porn stars Serena (Never So Deep), Tyler Reynolds (Hard Candy), Susan Catherine (Lollipop Palace), David Hardgore Book, and Claire James from The Journey of O. According to a Rialto Report interview with Spinello, producer Novak not only pressed for hardcore content but inserted an additional scene to the director's final cut.