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Auction History Result k435 SLAVES IN BONDAGE 1sh R40s wonderful art of an innocent girl tricked into a life of shame! Date Sold 10/4/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (Learn More) Slaves in Bondage, the 1937 Elmer Clifton bad girl prostitution sexploitation crime thriller ("Will social justice triumph?"; "Society Beauties by Day! Party Girls by Night!"; "See for the first time Uncensored Secrets of the Nation's Sinister Vice Scandals"; "Girls ensnared into lives of shame!"; "Tricked into Lives of Shame! See the astounding revelations that shook the nation"; "Facts! It tears away the curtain of mystery"; "Untold truths revealed for the First Time"; "Girls caught in wild unguarded moments, face disgrace and destruction in houses of bondage!"; "Positively for the Adults Only!"; "Social outcast branded 'Scarlet', who is to blame?"; "Can youth be protected against the demons of lust and desire?"; about a woman who is the madame at a notorious roadhouse house of prostitution, and how she ruins the lives of many innocent young girls, with the help of her physically abusive boss) starring Lona Andre, Donald Reed, Wheeler Oakman, William Royale, Edward Piele, Sr., Louise Small, Florence Dudley, and John Merton. Note that this movie was naturally incredibly popular in small towns across America at this time, and in the next few years. Clever promoters would take it into a small town or city and show it for a single weekend (sometimes late night or midnight shows), and they would plaster the town with one-sheets or window cards announcing the event. It is very difficult to note which posters are from the very first release in 1937, and which ones are from the roadshow releases in the years afterwards. 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 is a one-sheet for a "roadshow" showing of this low budget sexploitation movie. Such movies would be shown around the country in small towns for years after the initial release. There is no way of knowing exactly when this poster was printed, but it would almost certainly date from the early 1940s at the latest. We have auctioned two different styles of roadshow one-sheets for this movie, and we don't know if they are from the same year or from different years. We have also auctioned yet a third style of one-sheet that has a much more traditional look to it, and we believe that that poster is surely from 1937, and that the posters like these are likely from after that, either in 1938 or 1939, or in the very early 1940s. Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, OR it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, OR it had fairly significant defects that were not restored at all. If it was restored, you can clearly see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would surely benefit from additional professional restoration. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had paper loss at the crossfolds and creases and scuffs along the foldlines. There were pinholes and tears in the borders. The person who backed the poster simply backed it "as is" without performing any restoration. I would think a talented restorer could perform restoration on this poster without re-backing it, after which it would look great! But please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects, or are willing to pay to have them restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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