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Auction History Result 1h0520 MARKED WOMAN 1/2sh 1937 great art of sexy Bette Davis, man ordering prostitutes, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Marked Woman, the 1937 Lloyd Bacon & Michael Curtiz bad girl prostitution crime murder thriller ("A Star Teaming You'll Never Forget!!!"; "The Kind Ladies Don't Talk To!"; "Meet the girls who got caught in a racket!"; "You work the way I tell you, or else!"; about a "party girl", whose sister is murdered, and a crusading DA convinces her to testify against the gangsters who killed her sister) starring Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Eduardo Ciannelli, Jane Bryan, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot (who was married Bogart in real life the year after this movie, and they stayed married until he left her for Lauren Bacall), Allen Jenkins, John Litel, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, and Raymond Hatton. Note that after the Production Code was instituted, references to prostitution had to be carefully disguised, and Davis' character was described as a "hostess" in a club run by gangsters, but everyone watching the movie knew what she really did for a living! Also note that this was one of the many movies Humphrey Bogart made after his great success of "The Petrified Forest" in 1936. But even though he got second billing in this movie, Warner Bros. did not see him as having strong box office appeal, and they left him off most of the posters, focusing on "bad" Bette Davis! 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 we have never before auctioned this 1937 first release half-sheet! Not only that, but ALL posters from this title are extremely rare! We have auctioned two first release jumbo window cards but no other poster until we were consigned this half-sheet Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster has darkened somewhat (typical of Warner Brothers posters during this time period.) It has many creases and scuffs scattered throughout, but they are much more noticeable when it is tilted to the light. It has tiny creases and scuffs along both folds with many pinholes around the edges. Someone put brown paper tape on the back of both folds and on the back of the left and right borders. While this extremely rare poster can be displayed as it is, if I owned this poster I would surely have a top restorer perform restoration on it but that will be the choice of the new owner of this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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