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Auction History Result 5d0776 MOTHERHOOD 1sh R1940s re-release of 1925 movie about science making childbirth easier! Date Sold 7/26/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 40" [71 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Motherhood, the 1927 Lita Lawrence maternity childbirth sex education documentary ("The picture you have been waiting for"; "The world's most human photoplay"; "Showing why women should no longer fear maternity"; "Dedicated to the women of the world"; "The story of woman's supreme attainment"; "A picture no man or woman can afford to miss"; "The first film to face seriously the problem of modern maternity"; "The mighty drama of the miracles of birth"; "Produced with the co-operation of Knickerbocker, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals of New York"; produced, directed, and written by Lita Lawrence). Oddly, we found many 1927 and 1928 newspaper ads showing that it played in those years, but we found no ads from 1925 or 1926, which is when the movie is supposed to have been made (according to the IMDb). The movie dealt with what was apparently then believed to be a growing problem, which was that upper class women were intentionally choosing to not have children (likely through the use of birth control), while lower class women continued to have many children, and there was a growing fear that, if this continued, the upper class would vanish over time! They believed that what was causing this was that upper class women did not want to have to go through the pains of childbirth (and the risk to their life if there was a complication), and so this movie showed two parallel stories, one of an upper class woman who was pregnant and dreading it, and the other of a lower class woman who was pregnant and happily expecting the birth! The movie showed that "modern medical techniques" eliminated the fears of the upper class woman, and it ended right before the two women gave birth, following them right to the delivery room, and reassuring all women that childbirth was no longer anything to fear. We believe that the movie was in continual release from 1925 through 1928, and that it was then re-released in the 1930s and possibly in the 1940s, because we have seen posters that seem to date from those years, but beyond the above, we know nothing more. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this one-sheet measures 28" x 40" [71 x 102 cm]. Condition: fair. The vertical foldline has almost completely separated in several areas making the poster quite fragile. It has some creases, defects, areas of paper loss and tears of varying lengths along parts of some edges. The poster is in urgent need of restoration. Certainly a top restorer can repair the defects described above, and after, the poster will display really well, but please bear in mind the poster's many defects and the cost of restoration before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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