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Auction History Result

7a0799 SOULS IN PAWN linen 1sh R1950s indictment of today's moral standards, Bootleg Babies, rare!

Date Sold 8/4/2024
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An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release (re-titled "Bootleg Babies" for this re-release) Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More)

Souls in Pawn, the 1940 Melville Shyer burlesque baby-selling racket sexploitation movie (about a young woman who gives birth in a crooked maternity ward and her baby is adopted by a greedy burlesque queen as a publicity stunt, however, she later returns the baby to her mother who now has a job and can support her child; one of the earliest sexploitation movies to use burlesque dancers!) starring Ginger Britton, Beatrice Curtis, Kenne Duncan, Lloyd Ingraham, and Richard Beach
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this 1950s re-release one-sheet (which is re-titled "Bootleg Babies" for this re-release), and the last one was 7 years ago!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had some fairly minor fold wear and some creases, tears, and slight darkening around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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