836 TOMORROW'S CHILDREN movie herald '34 art of beautiful Order Now For: $34.99
An Original Vintage Theater-Used Movie Herald (measures 9" x 18"; 4 pages)
Note: Scroll down for the condition, description, and item defects. Film Description Tomorrow's Children, the 1934 Crane Wilbur forced-human-sterilization sex melodrama ("A-DRAMA-OF-HUMAN-STERILIZATION"; "Vital-Sex Drama"; "It's frank and shocking!"; "Must they suffer for the sins of their parents?"; "Are you fit to be a parent?"; "Must the daughter suffer for the sins of her parents?"; "SEE the sensational photoplay"; about a family on welfare who is told that their entire family must be involuntarily sterilized, so as to put no further burden on the state!; the oldest daughter refuses and runs away and she finds a doctor who testifies there is nothing wrong with her, but the judge refuses and orders her sterilized anyway, but it is revealed that the girl was actually adopted, so the sterilization operation is stopped just in time!; interestingly, it is not clear if the makers of the movie were against ALL sterilization, or just ones like the one presented in the movie, where it would have been done by mistake) starring Diane Sinclair (who went on to star in Edgar Ulmer's VD classic, "Damaged Lives"!), Donald Douglas, Sterling Holloway (long-time character actor who later provided voices for many cartoon characters, including Winnie the Pooh), Constance Kent, and John Preston. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
More About This Item Note that this poster is double-sided, but not in the regular way. There is a different image on each side of the poster. We have provided an image of each side, and please realize that the winner of this auction will receive ONE poster!
Overall Condition: fine Notable Defects: The poster was folded across the middle at one time, but it is otherwise in quite nice condition!
Explanation Of What This Condition Grade Means: This item is in really excellent condition! It has the most minor of imperfections, but has survived in really wonderful condition! Note that we do not use terms like "mint" or "near mint". "Fine" is our highest grade, and it compares favorably to most dealers' "near mint" or "mint". You should look at our "super-sized" image of the actual item, which will confirm just how nice this item is!
More About This Poster Type: Heralds were made from the 1910s to the 1960s. Theaters would order heralds by the thousands (they usually cost around $3 per thousand!). They would then hire people to stand on busy street corners and pass them out to all who walked by. Since the vast majority of people looked at the herald for a moment and then threw it away, it is not surprising that not many heralds survive. Most heralds are a single sheet of paper that is folded in half, creating four small pages. The front of the herald usually has just the title of the movie and images of the stars (like a small poster) and the two middle pages usually have a lot of information about the movie along with more images (and sometimes these images are found nowhere but the herald). The back page is usually blank for the theater to print in their name and play dates, to let people know where the movie was playing and when. Sometimes one or more of the pages were full-color, and often some of the pages were two-color. A herald is usually the most inexpensive way to get an original item from a classic movie! Most pressbooks would have a sample herald glued in to the first or last page of the pressbook. Some of the heralds we offer came from theaters, and some originated from pressbooks. There is little difference except for the lack of local printing on the pressbooks ones (sometimes this is replaced with a list of the price of the herald in quantity). Remember that even though these heralds are four "pages", they are actually a single sheet that has been folded in half! Please bear that in mind before you place your bid! Pictured below are images of the front and back of the herald opened up. One image shows pages one and four, and the other shows pages two and three. But they are from opposite sides of the same herald! 
