Scopitones

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In 1964, 500 Scopitones were installed in bars across the United States. One
of them landed at the infamous Sid King’s Crazy Horse Bar on E. Colfax.

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(Photo by Joe Mabel)

A Scopitone was a music jukebox that played synchronized films specifically
made for the Scopitone. This type of jukebox started in France and many of
the available films were a little racy, which is why the Scopitone was an
obvious choice for Sid King’s strip club!

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The following Scopitone films are hilarious examples of the racy content
you would catch at on the Scopitone at Sid King’s in 1965:

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One Response to “Scopitones”

Mary-Frances Main November 6th, 2010 at 7:57 pm

Of course I had to google it and found this: http://scopitones.com/

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