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Auction History Result 3a045 PACE THAT KILLS WC R30s cocaine drug classic, amazing art of naked girl in champagne glass! Date Sold 12/11/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1933 or 1938; see below) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) The Pace That Kills, the 1935 William A. O'Connor cocaine anti-drug propaganda thriller ("Keep this wolf from your door!"; "Destroyer of souls!"; "Senses drowned in forbidden pleasures"; "Adults Only!"; "Hollywood's newest smash hit - that has - Everything!"; "A Daring expose of jazz mad youth!"; "Tonight in heaven tomorrow in hell!"; "Astounding revelations of unguarded youth"; a really rabidly anti-drug "message" movie, with a gangster who goes around hooking people on cocaine, by having them snort what they think is a "headache remedy", and only after they are hopelessly hooked do they discover it was actually cocaine, and start on a one-way path to degradation and death!; in this movie, it is two teens who follow this path, a brother and sister, and they both become drug addicts, and the sister becomes a prostitute!) starring Lois January, Noel Madison, Dean Benton, Sheila Manners, and Frank Shannon. Note that this movie was a remake of the 1928 movie of the same name. There were "roadshow" releases in the late 1930s or early 1940s, with lured artwork posters, but not much image. In the 1960s, this movie was re-released under the title of "The Cocaine Fiends", and was often shown at midnight showings with the other 1930s drug classic "Reefer Madness"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that there are two versions of this movie, from 1928 and 1935. The 1935 version is a remake of the 1928 version, and both have the same plot. Because this poster is undated and lists no stars, it is impossible to tell which version it is from. A perpetual calendar shows that the dates referenced at the top of the card fell in 1933 and 1938, so it is either a 1933 re-release of the 1928 version, or a 1938 re-release of the 1935 version. If anyone knows more about this poster or which version of the movie it is from, please e-mail us and we will post it here. This window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: very good to fine. The poster has faint scuffing, but otherwise is in nice condition and has never had any restoration! Learn More about condition grades 
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