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Auction History Result 9r922 SUNSET MURDER CASE LC '38 Sally Rand on stage nude in front of her fan, Sunset Strip Case! Date Sold 8/20/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Sunset Strip Case, the 1938 (partially held up by censorship, and it did not receive a wide release until 1941 as "Sunset Murder Case"; see below) Louis J. Gasnier Hollywood California romantic love triangle burlesque stripper mystery crime thriller (about a woman in the middle of a love triangle, who takes a job as a stripper because she believes the owner of the club killed her father!) starring Sally Rand ("The world's most famous dancer"), Esther Muir, Vince Barnett, Sugar Kane (a dancer whose given name was "Kathryn Cane"), Reed Hadley, and Henry King and His Orchestra. Note that the behind-the-scenes information about this movie is far more interesting than the movie itself! Sally Rand, the famous "fan dancer" was hired to make this movie, which was completed in 1938 as "Sunset Strip Case" (obviously, the title was meant to have a double meaning). But censors objected to the title (and her presence in the movie, even though it is pretty tame), and while it was initially released by Grand National in 1938 under that title, it was then banned, first in Boston and then in other places. Apparently to try to get "unbanned", the title was changed to Sunset Murder Case, and many original posters and lobby cards were sniped over with the new title, but there are also posters printed with the new title in the printing (and both are considered "first release"). But apparently that did not allow it to have a full scale release in 1938 or 1939. However, we know that in 1941, when the original distributor, Grand National, no longer existed, it did receive another release under the title of "Sunset Murder Case" and that distribution was done by several small studios. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a very rare original 1938 lobby card from the aborted first release of this movie. It was printed with the original title of "Sunset Strip Case". It must have been used for a later re-release of the movie, because someone painted over the area at the bottom that said "GRAND NATIONAL PICTURE". But it IS an original 1938 lobby card from the first release, and it is extremely rare (the only cards we have had from this movie are from the 1941 release as "Sunset Murder Case"). Condition: fair to good. There is much water staining in the right half of the card. It shows much more in the borders, and it is also in the left of the bottom border and in the bottom of the left border. There is also a long crease in the top blank border. Someone painted over the area at the bottom (see above). Any talented restorer could remove the paint (and also likely remove much or all of the staining), but bear all of this in mind before placing a bid on this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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