As much as we'd like to think so, our present day porn ain't necessarily that great— not when you compare it to some of the stuff from grandpa's heyday in the hay. Now that material was hot.

While you'll find tons of "nostalgia blue" tapes on the video market, I think you'll find a few selections on When Sex Was Dirty that haven't been seen before. Good ragtime piano music and lots of classic girlie art provide the framework for seven featurettes that cover the whole spectrum of sex activity.

The first clip features a woman who's trying to distract her boyfriend who's got his head buried in a Life magazine, so she gives him head. In "Super Sales Girl" circa 1940, an attractive blond takes on two guys in order to sell some magazines; "The Party Girl" circa 1950 features 69ing.

In something you would never see today, "The Wip" (sic) is a spanking loop that turns into a session of hot doggie sex. An outdoor orgy is featured in "The Picnic". And could there be a nostalgia collection without the inclusion of "The Nun"— one of the old time classics?

The last two segments will illustrate just what sophisticated lengths old time producers went to titillate their audiences. "A Free Ride" dated 1916 is an elaborate production that involves a man picking up two girls in his car whereupon he takes them to a secluded spot in the woods and has his way with them.

For its time, the final piece, "Mixed Relations" should be considered a flapper-era sex epic. It involves a woman who screws a judge to get her brother off the hook for a crime. That's the simple scenario, but it includes location shots and an interesting storyline to boot.

Besides it's great material, When Sex Was Dirty comes packaged in an eye-fetching antique-style boxcover that should win a lot of fans over to the charms of stag films.