Caballero Home Video is an
American pornographic film studio, based in
Canoga Park,
California founded by
Noel C. Bloom. It was previously known as Caballero Control Corporation. The company was founded in 1974, making it one of the oldest U.S. porn studios still in existence. Caballero was one of the largest studios during the
Golden Age of Porn, and produced several of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed
pornographic films of the 1980s and early 1990s. Its dominance of the adult video market saw it called the "
General Motors of Porn". Its films starred some of the most successful and best known performers of the period, such as
Marilyn Chambers,
Seka,
Amber Lynn,
Ginger Lynn,
John Holmes,
Joey Silvera,
Traci Lords,
Nina Hartley,
Ron Jeremy and
Christy Canyon. Previous company Presidents include Al Bloom. Throughout the 1980s it was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages due to its films being illegally pirated. It also acquired the U.S. rights to rival studio Cal Vista's entire catalogue of more than 150 films. Caballero is a contributor to the
Free Speech Coalition.