Underplayed Gems

A History of the Blue Movie (1970)

A History of the Blue Movie poster
Directed by
Alex de Renzy
Genre
documentary film, pornographic film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary compiles short pornographic films from 1915 to 1970 with an uncredited narrator. It shows early examples of American blue movies for a theater audience.

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What happens

A History of the Blue Movie is a 1970 documentary pornographic movie. Directed by Alex de Renzy, this compilation of early shorts combines blue movies, dating from 1915 to 1970, with an uncredited narrator. One of the first attempts to compile some of the oldest available American porn movies for a theater audience, A History of the Blue Movie includes scenes from Grass Sandwich (1915), which is one of the earliest known blue movies in existence, along with several classics in their entirety, such as the controversial The Nun Story, Ever Ready, The Janitor, Peeping Tom, and Smart Alec (1951) with legendary stripper Candy Barr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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