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Auction History Result k148 ECSTASY local theater window card movie poster R44 Hedy Lamarr, sexy! Date Sold 2/28/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1944 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Local Theater Window Card Movie Poster (measures 17" x 26 1/2") (Learn More) Ekstase (released in the U.S. in 1936 as "Ecstasy"), the 1933 Gustav Machaty Austrian/Czechoslovakian romantic melodrama ("Now! It can be shown!"; "The Most Talked of Picture in the World Today!"; "International prize winning motion picture"; "The most whispered about picture in the world..."; "A Bold Story of a Delicate Subject!"; "The Stark Naked Truth of a Woman's Desire for Love!"; "Daring! Revealing! Shocking!"; "Filmed in secrecy!"; "The naked truth of a woman's emotions laid bare!"; "Recommended for adults only!"; "When a woman's love is fulfilled!") starring Hedy Lamarr (billed as "Hedy Kiesler", which was her real name!), Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz, Leopold Kramer, Emil Jerman, and Pierre Nay. Note that Hedy Lamarr had made four previous movies in her native Austria before she appeared nude in this, her fifth movie, and created a worldwide sensation! She married a rich German manufacturer, who attempted to buy up all the prints of the movie, to no avail. In 1937, she divorced her husband and moved to Hollywood, where she was renamed Hedy Lamarr, and she immediately became a major star. She lived a long and eventful life, and entire books can (and have) been filled with her exploits! In 1940, when she was a major Hollywood star, "Ecstasy" was shown throughout the United States, mostly in midnight shows, and it continued to be shown throughout the 1940s and early 1950s in limited releases around the country. Some posters survive from some of those showings, but next-to-no original 1933 posters from any country are known to exist (because we are likely to never have first release posters, we have included the taglines from the re-releases in our description above, which we normally do not do). 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 we know that this movie did not play in the United States until 1940. The "Sat. July 8" on the card must have been from either 1939 or 1944, so we think it is extremely likely that this card is from 1944. Also note that this window card will need to be sent in a very large flat package that measures approximately 20" x 30" x 1" high, so please bear the shipping costs of this very large package in mind BEFORE you place a bid! Condition: good to very good. There are some creases and scuffs throughout the card and some minor border defects. There is a circular stain on the back of the middle of the left of the card (above the title), and it has caused a lightening of the left of the tagline on the front, and it appears that someone did some slight touch up to that area. If I owned this great card, I would surely have it paperbacked and professionally restored, and it would look fantastic, but it can be displayed just fine exactly as it is! Learn More about condition grades 
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