Original Film Posters Online
Original Film Posters Online
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March 24, 05:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GAMBLING WITH SOULS / THE VICE RACKET (1936) POSTER, US
unframed: 28 x 22 in. (71.2 x 56 cm)
framed: 34 x 26¼in. (86.4 x 66.7 cm)
This 1936 crime drama was director by Elmer Clifton, and stars Martha Chapin, Wheeler Oakman and Bryant Washburn. It tells the story of a young woman who wants luxuries, that her husband can't afford. In order to obtain more spending money, she gambles. Unbeknown to her the games are rigged and she gets into dreadful debt. To pay off her debts she has to turn to prostitution. This poster is 'positively adults only'! Exploitation films were very popular in the 1930s, and the posters for them, rather risqué for the times. This exceptionally rare exploitation poster has only surfaced a couple of times.
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Exploitation Poster Art, Aurum Press Limited, 2005, p. 100