SEX & VIDEOTAPE: Mitchell Brothers’ porno theater...

SEX & VIDEOTAPE: Mitchell Brothers’ porno theater in Santa Ana closed down because it lost its lease, but the videocassette player is the real destroyer of such theaters (E1). . . . The switch from film to cheaper video technology boosted X-rated movie production from 400 in 1983 to 1,300 last year, according to Adult Video News. . . . Porno video rentals are highest in West Coast areas like Orange County, where they amount to a third of all movies rented, according to the magazine.