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Auction History Result 6y0181 MARIHUANA linen 1sh 1930s Dwain Esper drug expose, weed with roots in Hell, weird orgies, rare! Date Sold 12/22/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28 1/2" x 42" [72 x 107 cm]) (Learn More) Marihuana, the 1935 Dwain Esper marijuana marihuana pot weed drug crime thriller ("Daring Drug Expose!"; "Horror Shame Despair!"; "Today's headlines.... Tomorrow's despair....!"; "What happens at marihuana parties?"; "Lust crime sorrow despair shame hate"; "Not recommended for children"; "Smoke that gets in youth's eyes!"; "Misery"; "Weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions!"; "America's Crime Creator!"; "A puff of smoke changed their lives!"; "The weed with roots in Hell!", "The sweet pill...that makes life bitter!"; "The most daring picture ever made!") starring Harley Wood, Gloria Browne, Pat Carlyle, Juanita Crosland, Dorothy Dehn, Paul Ellis, Richard Erskine, Hugh McArthur and Hal Taggart. At the time this movie was meant to be a "daring drug expose", but it is now laughable and a camp classic, and posters from the first release of the movie in 1935 (and the roadshow releases that followed it in the late 1930s and early 1940s) are both rare and extremely desired by collectors. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that it is impossible to date this poster. The movie was first released in 1935, but it was taken around the U.S. and played in individual towns and cities over the next 20 years. Looking at the poster and the quality of the printing, I would guess it is possibly from the early 1940s, but there is no way of knowing for sure. No matter when it is from (whether the 1930s or 1940s), it is certainly a wonderful poster! Note that there is at least one other similar version of this poster which appears to date from the same time (it has very similar art, but a slightly different layout and background colors) and there are also similar posters where the girl at top has a different hairstyle! There is a collector who has literally spent years compiling images of EVERY different poster from this movie, and he has done massive research trying to exactly date when each poster is from, but some of his research naturally involves some guessing, so I am reluctant to put an exact date on this poster until the day that it can be precisely dated. We auctioned an example of the different similar style three years ago (and it sold for $1,700 in "good to very good" condition), and we have not auctioned an example of this style one-sheet for 12 years (and that one was only in "fair" condition, and it still sold for $829), and it certainly is both rare and extremely desirable! Also note that this one-sheet measures 28 1/2" x 42" [72 x 107 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was not machine folded. It had five unevenly spaced folds across the middle, all at a slight diagonal, but not all on the same angle. It had some tears near to some of the folds, with just a few small bits of paper loss on some of the tears or folds. It had paper loss in the lower left blank border that extended into the black background next to it, and very slightly into the edge of the hypodermic needle. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. Someone backed the poster many years ago, doing only minimal restoration to the folds and tears, and not leaving any excess linen. I can see the new owner displaying this poster just as it is, or certainly, it could be re-backed. Either way, the new owner will have a very rare and very desirable poster to display on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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