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Auction History Result 6y091 CONTEST GIRL 1/2sh '66 art of super sexy beauty pageant winner Janette Scott! Date Sold 4/28/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1966 Vintage Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Beauty Jungle (released in the U.S. in 1966 as "Contest Girl"), the 1964 Val Guest English beauty pageant thriller ("From the Boardwalk... To Monte Carlo Villas... The Inside Story of the Men Behind the Beauty Racket!"; "Now a startling expose!"; "From the Boardwalk to Monte Carlo Villas... the glamorous, fabulous world of girls thrown into the rat race of beauty contests... and the men who bargain for them!"; "Behind the beauty and glamour - the primitive law of the jungle" about the rise and fall of a beautiful office worker who wins a beauty contest, but then sees her fortunes fade) starring Ian Hendry, Janette Scott ("sensationally and excitingly different..."), Ronald Fraser, Edmund Purdom, and Jean Claudio. Note that Janette Scott is best remembered for her starring role in "Day of the Triffids" in 1963, which was immortalized in the lyrics of the song from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that says "And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills." She divorced her first husband and married Mel Torme in 1966, which pretty much ended her career, as she quickly had two children. 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 this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good to very good. There is a small tear at upper center that has been repaired with tape from the back. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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