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MERRY MAIDS OF THE GAY WAY MERRY MAIDS OF THE GAY WAY 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result f435 MERRY MAIDS OF THE GAY WAY linen one-sheet movie poster '54 burlesque! Date Sold 2/7/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 28 1/2" x 40 1/2") (Learn More) Merry Maids of the Gay Way, the 1954 James R. Connell burlesque sexploitation movie ("Big-Time Burlesque as you like it!"; "Stars and Strips Galore!"; "Delectable damsels in daring dances! New, different, tantalizing, teasing, daring, torrid") starring Zabuda ("Terrific Turkish Torso Twister"), Billy Reed ("And dozens of deluscious [sic] dancing dolls"), Cherri Lee (known as the "New Orleans Pepper Pot", she opens the movie by tap dancing, before she bumps & grinds), Doreen Cannon, and other burlesque dancers. Apparently this was either all shot at a single burlesque theater, or clips from several theaters. The company that has re-issued many movies such as this, Something Weird Video, has issued this on DVD, and they have identified all the performers of the movie on their website. Certainly, the poster makes this movie seem far better than it actually was, and it has many excellent taglines (but we don't know what "deluscious" means!). If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this one-sheet measures 28 1/2" x 40 1/2". Please do not bid on this poster thinking it is 27" x 41". Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, OR it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, OR it had fairly significant defects that were not well restored. If it was restored, you can clearly see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would surely benefit from additional professional restoration. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had significant paper loss at each crossfold and around the edges of the poster, as well as some in the right of the top foldline. The poster had darkened along all the folds. The poster was backed "as is". Of course, any talented restorer could perform additional restoration to the poster, either without backing the poster or by re-backing it. Learn More about condition grades 
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