What the Butler Saw (mutoscope)
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What the Butler Saw was a mutoscope reel, and an early example of softcore pornographic films. It depicted a scene of a woman partially undressing, as if "the butler" was watching her through a keyhole. It was viewed by depositing a coin in a freestanding viewing machine, which then ran the presentation. The title of this feature became widely used in Britain as a generic term for devices and movies of this kind.[1][2]
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- ^ Katherine Mullin (2003). James Joyce, sexuality and social purity. Cambridge University Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-521-82751-5.
- ^ Paul Clee (2005). Before Hollywood: from shadow play to the silver screen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 133. ISBN 0618445331.
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