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Auction History Result 5d180 DAMAGED LIVES 1sh R40s Edgar Ulmer VD classic, wild art of giant hand grabbing young woman! Date Sold 3/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Damaged Lives, the 1933 (released in the U.S. in 1937) Edgar Ulmer Canadian/U.S. venereal disease sexploitation melodrama ("The most daring picture to come out of Hollywood"; "A Mighty and Authentic Social Drama With a Message for the Race."; about a young man who catches VD [venereal disease] from a "bad woman" and then passes it to his sweetheart, thus ruining both their lives when the kindly but stern local doctor informs them that their lives are now forever "damaged"!) starring Lyman Williams, Diane Sinclair, Marceline Day, Jason Robards Sr., Charlotte Merriam, and Victor Potel. Note that this movie was made under the pretense of educating and warning the youth of the time, but actually director Edgar Ulmer was just making a sensational exploitation movie that was sure to draw in the crowds! The official production company of the movie was "Weldon Pictures", but that was actually a dummy subsidiary of Columbia Pictures (they did not want their name on this movie, but they wanted the profits they were sure it would make). Note that we have seen lobby cards that have a snipe that reads "UNDER AUSPICES CANADIAN SOCIAL HYGIENE COUNCIL". We are sure those were put on to help legitimize the movie and make it look like it was an "educational" presentation (the cards are printed in the U.S.A., but this was a Canadian/U.S. co-production, so likely the same cards were used in both countries). The movie was re-released by Toddy Pictures in the 1940s under the title of "The Kiss That Kills" (with a tiny "Damaged Lives" printed under that, on the Toddy lobby cards, and as "Damaged Lives" on the Toddy one-sheet), and there was another re-release without a studio at all that occurred in either 1943, 1948, or 1954 (and they reused the one-sheet that was used for the Toddy re-release, but it switched from "No One Under 16" to "Adults Only", and a printed tagline was added at the top)! If anyone has more information about this movie or any of these re-releases, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 poster is undated, but our best guess is that it is from the 1940s. It has no studio on it, and we have seen a herald that also has no studio, and that had a day of the week and date on it that correlates to either 1943, 1948, or 1954. We are thinking that this poster is more likely to be from 1943 or 1948 than from 1954. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also, one-sheets from this movie are incredibly rare! We auctioned the original 1937 one-sheet in 2002, and it auctioned for $965, and we have not seen a one-sheet from the first release or any re-release since that time! 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: very good. The poster was tri-folded only. It has two small vertical tears in the left of the top and bottom horizontal folds and some slight staining near the middle of the top horizontal fold. It has a 3" tear in the upper left border, tiny paper loss in the top right corner, and separation at the left and right ends of some of the horizontal folds. Otherwise, it is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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