The softcore sex film basically began in 1974 with Just Jaeckin's "Emmanuelle" and was intended to be a "classier" alternative to the hardcore XXX porn initiated by "Deep Throat" and its ilk (as opposed to the "sexploitation" film which are sex films that existed BEFORE hardcore porn was really legal). The original, mostly European softcore films of the 70's are often quite interesting, although it's questionable how "classy" some of them are (that's definitely not a word that applies to Joe D'Amato's appalling "Emanuelle in America" or even the big-budget but tasteless film "Caligula").
One of the many anonymous 'erotic' novels of the Victorian age, 'Frank and I' comes to the screen courtesy of Gérard Kikoïne, with Christopher Pearson and Jennifer Inch essaying the main roles of master and servant. It doesn't quite come off, mainly because of the appalling acting of the androgynous Inch as Frank (or is it Frances?
Man who owns manor meets a young boy along the road. Guy has plucked eyebrows, long lashes, full lips and a bubble butt.
The startlingly wholesome Frances escapes brothel life by cutting her hair (an effect achieved by donning an extremely bad wig) and pretending to be a boy. In this guise she meets the mildly perverted Charles, reverts back to being a girl, and becomes his bit of stuff.
