Late that Night in the Bedroom - mutoscope reel

[kermitdfrogz]

1 person is the great, great, great grandson of that slut.

[amberola1b]

no need to worry about nitrate deterioration with this format of motion pictures

[rockgor]

I was just reading about the mutoscope, invented in the 1890s. These

penny arcade machines were still around when I was a kid over half a

century ago. I think the price had been upped to a nickle.

The most famous title was "What the butler saw". It's here on

Youtube.

Saw a mutoscope post card for sale on the net. It's a cartoon

bathing beauty. Art work looks like it was made in the 40s or 50s.

Price is $650. Seems like a lot unless some celebrity handled it.

Tnx 4 the educational post.

[michaelsharples]

would sound bette without modern music tho and with a fairground organ type number

[wirevo]

hahaha

[britcomic]

hilarious!

[fromthesidelines]

Believe it or not., these kind of "movies" were very popular in "penny arcades" during the early years of the 20th Century (for one penny, how could you NOT enjoy them?).

[jamesffxl]

The first murphy bed joke.