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Auction History Result 1d458 RACKET GIRLS LC '51 wonderful image of scantily clad sexy girls wrestling in gym! Date Sold 2/9/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (11x14; LC; measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Blonde Pick-Up, the 1951 Roberto C. Dertano wrestling drugs prostitution sexploitation action crime thriller ("Women gambled honor, Men promised love"; "Girl rivals match wits"; "The story of girls in a man's world"; "She was only '18' and eager for her 'new profession'"; "Low-down on pin-down girls!"; "The strange love life of a wrestling gal!"; "See.. intimate scenes of gorgeous girl wrestlers with the naked eye of the camera!"; about a wrestling promoter who gets involved in drugs and prostitution and owes a crime boss a lot of money, and has a limited amount of time to raise it or face being killed) starring Peachers Page (billed as "Introducing Peachers Page, The most exciting body in Hollywood!"), Clara Mortenson (as herself), Rita Martinez (as herself), Timothy Farrell, and Muriel Gardner. Note that there was a gimmick in this movie in that the female stars were actual real life professional female wrestlers! The IMDb says that this movie was released under many titles, including "Racket Girls", "The Blonde Pick-Up", "Pin-Down Girl", "Pin Down Girls" and "Wrestling Racket Girls", but that its first release name was as "Racket Girls". However, we have never seen any movie paper with this title, and almost everything we have seen which includes several different sizes have all been with the title "The Blonde Pick-Up" (we have seen a one-sheet with the alternate title "Pin-Down Girl"), so we are wondering if the IMDb is simply wrong, and we list this movie under that title. Also note that this movie bears a striking resemblance to "Night in the City", a well regarded 1956 film noir. We wonder if the writer of that movie was "inspired" by this one! Note that Timothy Farrell is completely forgotten today, but he had a fascinating life. He worked for 26 years for the Los Angeles County Marshal's Office, and was a movie actor at the same time! He mostly worked on low budget movies, including several for Ed Wood, although he did play a bailiff in the 1954 "A Star is Born", which was the ultimate typecasting, because he himself had been a bailiff, but he eventually rose to be the County Marshal. But in 1975, he was convicted of a felony (using deputies for political activities), and he was fired. He lived for another 14 years before dying of a heart attack. His life should be made into a movie, no doubt with Johnny Depp in the starring role! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that many exhibitors of low-budget 1950s exploitation movies would take the movies around the country for a roadshow release in small towns, and they would often make a set of lobby cards that consisted of a stock lobby card with an inset area that was 5" x 7", and glue eight different 5x7s on to eight stock lobby cards, thus inexpensively creating an 8 card set. Condition: very good. The glued on still has come completely loose, but it could be easily re-attached. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back of the card! Learn More about condition grades 
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