Erotica

The Vintage Erotica Collection DVD DVD022 (NTSC); 324 Minutes; 1930-1950; B&W; No dialogue; French titles; Not rated; Director: Diverse; With Original & New soundtrack SPECIAL DVD FEATURES: Photo Galleries; 6-Page Booklet (not seen); Scene Selection; New Music. BOX SET Includes:

The set provides an assortment of indifferently preserved b/w erotica without soundtrack. In case there question the date is the approximate terminus for the films. So that 1930 collects early films from before 1930; 1940, films made in the 1930s, etc. In Vintage Erotica Anno 1940 and Vintage Erotica Anno 1930 (both previously released) the music is roughly pasted in. The 1930 attempts to catch some of the music from the 1920s and the 1940 offers a rough jazz score that does not derive from the period of these French films. Vintage Erotica Anno 1950 score seems to be a soundtrack of reeler noise rather than music. The films show explicit sexual and idyllic, fantasy encounters. It is interesting to note the degree of “self” censorship found in the 1950 compared with some of the explicit and now basic jerk-off, strip, lick, suck and fuck sex-sequence. The still photo galleries offer some well defined period photos. No promised 6-page booklet was in any of the packages this reviewer saw.The set belongs in any collection of historic erotica as besides showing the limitations of film they also show a persistence.
Vintage Erotica Anno 1950: DVD021 (NTSC) Director: diverse; 1950-1960; 110 Minutes; B&W; No dialogue; French titles; Not rated; With Original soundtrack. SPECIAL DVD FEATURES: 15 short films; Film Selection in French and English; Photo Gallery 1950; New transfer; Original Soundtrack
Over 20 years before the rise of 1970's hardcore films in the U.S., the commercial pornography produced by the French unleashed a new era of Erotic Cinema.
Suddenly, unlike the common "stag" films of the time, scripts, multiple camera angles, and title credits were introduced into erotic productions.
These extended 15-minute films were intended for private viewing in the back rooms of stores, in homes, and at local brothels. The themes of many of these films were bondage and burlesque; images similar to those produced by Irving Klaw in the

U.S.

The main difference being that in

France

the filmmakers would show on-camera sex, and nudity. These films stand out, not only for being ahead of their time, but because they transcend the standards of much of what is being produced today.
Vintage Erotica Anno 1940 DVD017 (NTSC) Director: diverse, 1940-1950 • 98 Minutes B&W; No dialogue, French titles; Not rated; With Jazz soundtrack remastered re-issue. SPECIAL DVD FEATURES: 15 short films; Film Selection in French and English; Photo Gallery 1900-1940; New transfer; New music
Be it painting, sculpture, engraving or lithography, each time a new art form is born, it 's not long before artists use it to express their erotic or pornographic fantasies. Photography and Cinema were no exception.
In succession of the Cult Epics release of the 1930's, we continue our Vintage Erotica series with rare erotic films from the 1940's, a time when half of the world was at war. Made in

France

, this collection starts out with a series of lesbian films, followed by XXX-rated parodies of Santa Claus and hospital nurses, as well introducing body painting, nudist camp films and spanking, which became very popular in the 50’s. Includes Soft and hardcore adult material.
Vintage Erotica Anno 1930 DVD006 (NTSC) Director: diverse 1920-1930; 116 Minutes; B&W; No dialogue; French titles; Not rated; with New soundtrack. SPECIAL DVD FEATURES: 23 short films; 6-page Booklet with photographs & memoirs of the mysterious Mr. X (Not seen); New Film Selection in French; New re-mastered Transfer; New music.
Artists have explored the erotic image since the beginning of time. On the walls of caves, on Hindu Temples, in ancient scrolls, humans have celebrated the sexual act. Cinema is no stranger to eroticism, but there is a mistaken belief that erotic cinema is an invention of the past fifty years. In order to dispel this myth we present this archive of erotic images captured by our "grandfathers camera."
This DVD includes two hours of French erotica from the 1920's and 30's and features all aspects of soft-core, hard-core, straight, bi, gay and fetish imagery. Made in

France

, these films feature lush backdrops and exotic costumes with settings ranging from the Orient to the era of the Musketeers. Filmed by professionals as well as amateurs (like the mysterious Mr. X) these films prove that erotica cinema is as old as cinema itself.

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