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Auction History Result 4p096 CONTEST GIRL linen English 1sh '66 art of super sexy beauty pageant winner Janette Scott! Date Sold 4/7/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original (re-titled "The Beauty Jungle") Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked English One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures approximately 27" x 40") (Learn More) The Beauty Jungle (released in the U.S. in 1966 as "Contest Girl"), the 1964 Val Guest English beauty pageant thriller ("From the Boardwalk... To Monte Carlo Villas... The Inside Story of the Men Behind the Beauty Racket!"; "Now a startling expose!"; "From the Boardwalk to Monte Carlo Villas... the glamorous, fabulous world of girls thrown into the rat race of beauty contests... and the men who bargain for them!"; "Behind the beauty and glamour - the primitive law of the jungle" about the rise and fall of a beautiful office worker who wins a beauty contest, but then sees her fortunes fade) starring Ian Hendry, Janette Scott ("sensationally and excitingly different..."), Ronald Fraser, Edmund Purdom, and Jean Claudio. Note that Janette Scott is best remembered for her starring role in "Day of the Triffids" in 1963, which was immortalized in the lyrics of the song from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that says "And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills." She divorced her first husband and married Mel Torme in 1966, which pretty much ended her career, as she quickly had two children. 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 rare "country of origin" poster for this English movie! Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases, scuffs, and tiny dots of paper loss on parts of some foldlines. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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