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Auction History Result 9y0525 MOM & DAD pressbook 1945 Kroger Babb's racy Hygiene Sex Shocker, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 16 pages) (Learn More) Mom and Dad (released in other English-speaking countries as "Secrets of Life"), the 1945 William Beaudine (billed as "Bill Beaudine") high school premarital sex relationship melodrama ("Who's that fellow dancing with 'my' girl?"; "It happens here, there -- Somewhere Every Night!"; "With an all-star Hollywood cast"; "Two Complete Shows Nightly, First Show at Dusk"; "NOTE... No one under 16 years of age can be admitted to this Hygiene Shocker unless with Parents! When you see it... You'll understand."; "The camera doesn't lie, This show will open your eyes!"; "It pulls no-punches, bold, vital, shocking"; "Once... in a lifetime... Comes a Presentation that Truly pulls no punches!"; "Now you can see the motion picture that dares discuss and explain sex as never before seen and heard!"; "The one, the only, the original..."; "Truly the world's most amazing attraction!"; "Extra-in person Elliot Forbes 'The secrets of sensible sex'"; "No one under high school age Admitted Unless accompanied by Parents!!"; "Everything Shown! Everything Explained!") starring June Carlson, Lois Austin, George Eldrege, Jimmy Clark, and Elliot Forbes (billed as "On the stage Elliot Forbes, the fearless hygiene commentator"). Note that this was a rather conventional melodrama of the 1940s, with a teen girl getting pregnant on her first date, and her boyfriend is killed, and her parents forgive her and help her resolve her situation. But the master showman, Kroger Babb, turned this into a major roadshow attraction, touring the country with the movie, and holding separate showings for teen boys and teen girls, with "no one under 16" admitted, and he had a famous "hygiene commentator" appear on stage to tell the teens "the birds and the bees" after the showing of the movie! It seemed a lot racier than it was in the innocent 1940s, and he was helped by the Legion of Decency, which banned the movie, thus making teens want to see it even more. He toured the movie around the country for a good ten years, at which point his protege David Friedman took over the movie, exhibiting it for another decade or so! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. There is much staining on the cover, with pencil writing across the top of the cover, and much separation at the spine, but the rest of the pressbook is in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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