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Auction History Result 9s322 CONTEST GIRL pressbook '66 super sexy beauty pageant winner Janette Scott! Date Sold 4/15/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1966 Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) The Beauty Jungle (released in the U.S. in 1966 as "Contest Girl"), the 1964 Val Guest English beauty pageant thriller ("From the Boardwalk... To Monte Carlo Villas... The Inside Story of the Men Behind the Beauty Racket!"; "Now a startling expose!"; "From the Boardwalk to Monte Carlo Villas... the glamorous, fabulous world of girls thrown into the rat race of beauty contests... and the men who bargain for them!"; "Behind the beauty and glamour - the primitive law of the jungle" about the rise and fall of a beautiful office worker who wins a beauty contest, but then sees her fortunes fade) starring Ian Hendry, Janette Scott ("sensationally and excitingly different..."), Ronald Fraser, Edmund Purdom, and Jean Claudio. Note that Janette Scott is best remembered for her starring role in "Day of the Triffids" in 1963, which was immortalized in the lyrics of the song from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that says "And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills." She divorced her first husband and married Mel Torme in 1966, which pretty much ended her career, as she quickly had two children. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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