''The Good Old Naughty Days'' (french: Polissons et galipettes, ), released in 2002, is a compilation from over 300 recently discovered film clips from silent hardcore pornographic films made between 1905 and 1930, re-edited by director Michel Reilhac, with a new soundtrack by Eric Le Guen. Most of the films were made in France and were intended to be shown in

brothel A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub par ...

s. The collection also includes a pornographic animation from the United States, ''

Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure ''"Buried Treasure" Featuring Eveready Harton'', also known as ''Pecker Island'', is an American adult animated pornographic cartoon short film made in the United States in 1928 or 1929. It depicts the sexual adventures of Eveready Harton (a pu ...

'', made by unknown artists in or around 1928 and never theatrically released before. Themes covered include pornographic adaptations of classics such as '' Madame Butterfly'', precursors of pornography clichés such as the encounter between the "musketeer" and the milkmaid,

stock character A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a fictional character in a work of art such as a novel, play, or a film whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. There is a wide range of st ...

s such as lascivious nuns and priests, and footage showing bestiality (sexual acts with animals), which according to the film-maker Michel Reilhac shows that "the modern porn industry did not invent anything – everything had already been filmed by our great-grandparents." At the time of its release (2003) it was the first R18 film to be rated for display in cinemas in the United Kingdom for over ten years, despite its contents, partly due to its 'classic' style and age and as "historical footage".

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* * Compilation films French black-and-white films 2000s pornographic films Animal pornography 2002 films Films with live action and animation Films set in France Prostitution in Paris Censored films {{porn-film-stub