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Auction History Result 2m051 DRUG TRAFFIC 1/2sh 1923 successful surgeon becomes hooked on cocaine and his life is over! Date Sold 12/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Drug Traffic, the 1923 Irving Cummings silent drug addiction medical doctor cocaine melodrama ("The Drug-evil super special"; "Story by Harvey Gates"; about a successful surgeon whose life is so hectic that when a female acquaintance tells him of a drug that will allow him to work super long hours, he starts taking it, but he soon is injecting it all the time, and he first loses his job, and then ends up in jail; when he tries to quit, it ultimately takes his life!) starring Gladys Brockwell ("The Girl. She demanded all, gave nothing, doomed 'him' to hell"), Robert Walker ("As Dr. Maison Allman. A true lover until.... he fell, fought and then rose"; billed as "Bob Walker"), Barbara Tennant ("The bad good girl. The slums could not taint her love .... strength"), and Ben Hewlett ("'The Treabol Kid', Jimmie. A true blue pal, the good bad boy"). Note that we were unable to determine for certain what drug the doctor becomes addicted to, but since it is a "stimulant", we would think it is surely cocaine and not morphine or heroin. This certainly was an incredibly "hard hitting" movie with no "cop-out" happy ending! Note that the Robert Walker credited above was NOT the Robert Walker who starred in the 1940s and 1950s, but a different Robert Walker who started making movies in 1913, and he appeared in an amazing 255 movies through 1953, a 40 year span, but most of those were westerns, and a lot of them were very minor roles, often uncredited. 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: This poster is incredibly rare. We have never seen or heard of ANY other movie poster from this movie other than this single half-sheet. We auctioned it in 2015, and the person who purchased it in that auction has now re-consigned it to us, so it is still the only movie poster from this movie we have ever auctioned! Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was folded in half an extra time and there was separation, tiny tears, and surface paper loss on most of the folds. There were stains in the bottom of Grahame's face, in her mouth and her cheek, and a few stains scattered in the rest of her face and in Dix's face. There were diagonal tears that formed a diamond at the center of the poster, extending around Grahame's eye and the background to the left of her cheek. There were areas of paper loss in the middle of the left blank border, with a 5" tear that extended into the middle left of the image. There were tears scattered across the top of the poster, with several extending into the image. There were tears in the bottom border, with tiny paper loss in the bottom center of the image. There were pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Obviously, one would prefer to find a better example of this poster, but it displays pretty well in spite of all its restoration, and we know of no other example of this very rare poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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