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Auction History Result 2h174 ECSTASY Argentinean '40s sexy Hedy Lamarr's early nudie, different art by Faiman! Date Sold 9/8/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Undated 1940s (possibly from the first release of this movie in Argentina) Vintage Theatrical Folded Argentinean Movie Poster (measures 29" x 43" [74 x 109 cm]) (Learn More) Ekstase (released in the U.S. in 1936 as "Ecstasy"), the 1933 Gustav Machaty Austrian/Czechoslovakian romantic melodrama ("Now! It can be shown!"; "The Most Talked of Picture in the World Today!"; "International prize winning motion picture"; "The most whispered about picture in the world..."; "A Bold Story of a Delicate Subject!"; "The Stark Naked Truth of a Woman's Desire for Love!"; "Daring! Revealing! Shocking!"; "Filmed in secrecy!"; "The naked truth of a woman's emotions laid bare!"; "Recommended for adults only!"; "When a woman's love is fulfilled!") starring Hedy Lamarr (billed as "Hedy Kiesler", which was her real name!), Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz, Leopold Kramer, Emil Jerman, and Pierre Nay. Note that Hedy Lamarr had made four previous movies in her native Austria before she appeared nude in this, her fifth movie, and created a worldwide sensation! She married a rich German manufacturer, who attempted to buy up all the prints of the movie, to no avail. In 1937, she divorced her husband and moved to Hollywood, where she was renamed Hedy Lamarr, and she immediately became a major star. She lived a long and eventful life, and entire books can (and have) been filled with her exploits! In 1940, when she was a major Hollywood star, "Ecstasy" was shown throughout the United States, mostly in midnight shows, and it continued to be shown throughout the 1940s and early 1950s in limited releases around the country. Some posters survive from some of those showings, but next-to-no original 1933 posters from any country are known to exist (because we are likely to never have first release posters, we have included the taglines from the re-releases in our description above, which we normally do not do). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Faiman Important Added Info: Note that this notorious movie briefly played in the U.S. in a few large cities in 1936, but we don't know if it also played in Argentina in the 1930s. Starting in 1940, after Hedy Lamarr achieved fame, the movie was given a widespread roadshow release in the U.S., and it seems quite possible that it played in Argentina at that time, which is why we are calling it 1940s (and we don't know for sure if this is from the first Argentinean release, so we are not calling it a re-release, but it could be). The poster certainly seems like it is from a fairly large release, which would make it seem more like a first release Argentinean poster. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: very good. The poster has darkened somewhat and has creases on the foldlines and some tiny tears in the left of the bottom border. Someone once put a piece of tape on the back of the top and bottom crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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