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Auction History Result 8a526 PACE THAT KILLS special 16x24 R73 cocaine drug classic, Grossman art, The Cocaine Fiends! Date Sold 2/2/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1973 Re-Release (re-titled "Cocaine Fiends" for this re-release) Vintage Unfolded Special Movie Poster (measures 16" x 24" [41 x 61 cm]) (Learn More) The Pace That Kills, the 1935 William A. O'Connor cocaine anti-drug propaganda thriller ("Senses drowned in forbidden pleasures"; "Adults Only!"; "Hollywood's newest smash hit - that has - Everything!"; "A Daring expose of jazz mad youth!"; "Tonight in heaven tomorrow in hell!"; "Astounding revelations of unguarded youth"; a really rabidly anti-drug "message" movie, with a gangster who goes around hooking people on cocaine, by having them snort what they think is a "headache remedy", and only after they are hopelessly hooked do they discover it was actually cocaine, and start on a one-way path to degradation and death!; in this movie, it is two teens who follow this path, a brother and sister, and they both become drug addicts, and the sister becomes a prostitute!) starring Lois January, Noel Madison, Dean Benton, Sheila Manners, and Frank Shannon. Note that this movie was a remake of the 1928 movie of the same name. There were "roadshow" releases in the late 1930s or early 1940s, with lured artwork posters, but not much image. In the 1960s, this movie was re-released under the title of "The Cocaine Fiends", and was often shown at midnight showings with the other 1930s drug classic "Reefer Madness"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Robert Grossman Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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