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Auction History Result 6w655 SUNSET MURDER CASE 3sh '38 sexy fan dancer Sally Rand on stage, strategically covered! Date Sold 4/23/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is a very rare original 1938 three-sheet from the aborted first release of this movie. It was printed with the original title of "Sunset Strip Case", but was reused when the movie was finally released in 1941, so there is a snipe with the word "MURDER" over the word "STRIP" (see above)! Also note that this three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Condition: good. There are many creases, several tears, and some areas of tiny paper loss along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. There are pinholes and tiny paper loss around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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