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Auction History Result 7m108 MARIHUANA 1sh 1930s Dwain Esper daring drug expose, weed with roots in Hell, weird orgies! Date Sold 6/18/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1930s (the exact date is unknown; see below for why) Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 41" [71 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Marihuana, the 1935 Dwain Esper marijuana marihuana pot weed drug crime thriller ("Daring Drug Expose!"; "Horror Shame Despair!"; "Today's headlines.... Tomorrow's despair....!"; "What happens at marihuana parties?"; "Lust crime sorrow despair shame hate"; "Not recommended for children"; "Smoke that gets in youth's eyes!"; "Misery"; "Weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions!"; "America's Crime Creator!"; "A puff of smoke changed their lives!"; "The weed with roots in Hell!", "The sweet pill...that makes life bitter!"; "The most daring picture ever made!") starring Harley Wood, Gloria Browne, Pat Carlyle, Juanita Crosland, Dorothy Dehn, Paul Ellis, Richard Erskine, Hugh McArthur and Hal Taggart. At the time this movie was meant to be a "daring drug expose", but it is now laughable and a camp classic, and posters from the first release of the movie in 1935 (and the roadshow releases that followed it in the late 1930s and early 1940s) are both rare and extremely desired by collectors. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that it is impossible to date this poster. The movie was first released in 1935, but it was taken around the U.S. and played in individual towns and cities over the next 20 years. Looking at the poster and the quality of the printing, I would guess it is possibly from the early 1940s, but there is no way of knowing for sure. No matter when it is from (whether the 1930s or 1940s), it is certainly a wonderful poster! Note that there is at least one other similar version of this poster which appears to date from the same time (it has very similar art, but a slightly different layout and background colors) and there are also similar posters where the girl at top has a different hairstyle! There is a collector who has literally spent years compiling images of EVERY different poster from this movie, and he has done massive research trying to exactly date when each poster is from, but some of his research naturally involves some guessing, so I am reluctant to put an exact date on this poster until the day that it can be precisely dated. We have not auctioned an example of this one-sheet for nine years, and it certainly is extremely desirable! Also note that because this poster was folded slightly off center, it can not be sent in a regular flat package, but will need to be shipped in a slightly oversized flat package. Finally note that this one-sheet measures 28" x 41" [71 x 104 cm]. One might think that it might have been trimmed by 1" (perhaps originally measuring 28" x 42"), but we don't believe this could have been true, because it is folded, and if it were trimmed, it would have been trimmed prior to being folded. Condition: good to very good. The poster has much separation in the left half of the top horizontal fold, extending 2" into the right half of that fold, with tiny paper loss in the black background below the "g" of "Drug". There is separation and small paper loss a the middle crossfold and small separation at the bottom crossfold. There is a semi-circular tear that extends into the top right of the "U" in the title that was repaired with tape from the back that bled through to the front. There are smudges in the middle of some of the letters of the title, which may be a minor printing defect. There are some ink marks in the left border, which surely are a printing defect. There was once a piece of tape on the back of the center of the top horizontal fold, but other than that and the other tape described above, the poster has had no restoration. After a relatively simple linenbacking, the poster will look fantastic, and it will require little paint restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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