Inserts (1975)

Logic dictates that the moment after the first motion picture camera was invented a single idea emerged all over the world: porno movies! And as technology advanced, so did skinematic smut, leaping from the grainy black and white grinders of the nickelodeon age to the high tech, anything goes cyberverse of 21st century perversions. John Byrum’s acclaimed cult classic Inserts (1975) focuses on the era when sound was introduced into the visual mix. Hollywood auteur Boy Wonder (Richard Dreyfuss), a once lauded director of silent movies, finds himself shooting a stag film in 1930. As were the dictates of the day, two versions are required: one containing simulated sex and the other with hardcore penetration footage placed into the action during key climactic moments — these being the “inserts” of the title. Boy Wonder has his leading lady Harlene (Veronica Cartwright) for the soft stuff. As such, we get to see her bare chest when she rips off her camisole and bounces her breasts just 16 minutes into the movie. If that’s not arousing enough, Ms. Cartwright exposes her three Bs at the 31-minute mark. But even with her fit figure on display, Boy Wonder clamors for a nubile body whose mams and muff can fill the gaps of his blue production. Enter wide-eyed naïf Cathy Cake (Jessica Harper). The brunette beauty lets us peek at her petite peaks plus bit of bush peaking out from her pretty panties. With such alluring imagery it seems the Boy has to Wonder no more!