Sexploitation - romping through the decades

Sexploitation films have been a core, but often unrecognised, part of the movie industry from the first days of cinema.Sex sells, as they say, and the so called “grindhouse” and backstreet cinemas of the world provided an alternative, racier fare for their customers. The quality of these independently made films was not great, often cobbled together from film clips from other films and documentaries. Advertising was typically exaggerated and, with no print budget, posters were often home-made by the cinema owner. The evolution of this genre provides a fascinating insight into changing social norms of the last century and this month we are showcasing a few of the main themes showing how the genre evolved over the decades.

The silent era of the 1920's had a wealth of scantily dressed women in mainstream cinema but the prurient Hays code of 1930 stopped all that and drove sexploitation underground. The primary subject of the 30's was the fallen woman, ravaged by drink, drugs and wild living. Especially drugs. Another more bizarre preoccupation were the monkey sex movies. Preying on general ignorance, films like Forbidden Adventure and Ingagi showed ritual orgies with gorillas in faraway lands - few people nowadays recognise the symbolic sub text of King Kong but audiences in 1933 saw the shocking love of Kong for Fay Wray in a completely different and far less innocent way.

The 1940's gave us Burlesque as the costumes reduced in size and sex became naughty rather than just shocking.

The 1950's saw the first “nudie cuties” coming to the grindhouse circuit. The British courts decided that films about nudist camps were educational so we suddenly had a lot of films set in nudist camps. What a surprise! Meanwhile, the rise of the teenager in the 1950's, led to the “teenage delinquent” genre in the regular cinemas. This largely continued the fallen women theme of the 1930's, bringing it up to date with tales of promiscuity and teenage angst, as it evolved into mainstream cinema fare.

The 1960's saw the first "roughies" led by Russ Meyer's output, featuring far more violence and overt sexuality. Then, in a key development, legal barriers were broken by the US Supreme Court's 1969 decision to allow a Swedish film, I am Curious Yellow, to feature real sex scenes on educational grounds. This became known as "white coat" cinema - pseudo documentaries with doctors explaining what sex is (as if the audience didn't know). Very soon after this, with all barriers now down, we see what is known as the “golden age of porn” (1969 – 1984) with films like Deep Throat and Debbie Does Dallas.

The post 1980's world was dominated by technology change with video and the internet effectively rendering grindhouse and porn cinemas obsolete. The end of an era for them, maybe, but sex will always sell.

This month we have films from a cross section of the sexploitation genre. From home-made grindhouse posters, though fallen women, monkey sex, nudie cutie, juvenile delinquent, roughies, white coat and porn.

This Month's Showcase

Ref.No:10809 Click for more details and a larger picture of Assassin of Youth

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Assassin of Youth 1937 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine/Near Mint £4,995 Notes: This 1937 exploitation film from director Elmer Clifton details the alleged ill effects of cannabis or "marihuana" on America's youth. Similar to the better known Reefer Madness, the picture represents the exaggerated anti-drug propaganda of the time.  This is a rare one sheet poster from the first release. Like many low budget, low circulation exploitation films, the poster was a hand drawn screen print produced in small numbers rather than printed on a regular machine press. This not only makes it much rarer than other movie posters, the process also gives the design stronger bolder colours. This example is in excellent original condition with no fading and minimal yellowing of the paper. There is a little edge wear at the corners and archival tape repairs to fold separations but these do not detract from the overall presentation and it looks stunning. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3621 Click for more details and a larger picture of Behind the Green Door

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Behind the Green Door 1972 24" x 36" Fine on linen £365 Notes: Marilyn Chambers stars in the Mitchell brothers landmark blue movie. As with many posters for this genre of film, the posters were printed smaller than the standard US one sheet size of the period and measure 24" x 36". Linen backed with minor retouching to fold lines only. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:4117 Click for more details and a larger picture of Behind the Green Door

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Behind the Green Door 1972 24" x 36" Fine £265 Notes: Marilyn Chambers stars in the Mitchell brothers landmark blue movie. As with many posters for this genre of film, the posters were printed smaller than the standard US one sheet size of the period and measure 24" x 36". Folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3460 Click for more details and a larger picture of Beyond the valley of the dolls

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 Japanese 2 pan - 20"x56" Near Mint on linen £295 Notes: One of Russ Meyer's best films, this tale of the pleasures and dangers of showbiz was co-written by leading film critic Roger Ebert. This poster is also signed by two of Russ Meyer's regulars who had cameo roles in the film - Erica Gavin from 'Vixen' ("Roxanne") and Haji from 'Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill' ("cat woman"). The taller japanese tatekan (two panel) format is particularly rare as it was only produced in small numbers and, because it was made in two sections and pasted up,it had a very high loss rate. Linen backed in superb condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11343 Click for more details and a larger picture of Bride and the Beast

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Bride and the Beast 1958 US 3 sht - 41" X 81" Fine £895 Notes: The Bride and the beast is from the legendary B-movie director, Ed Wood, and continues a tradition of gorilla focused sexploitation movies that started in the early 30's. 'Don't tell what happens to the bride...' the poster advises the audience. Classic Gorilla image. This is a rare large format poster folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10148 Click for more details and a larger picture of Come Play With Me

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Come Play With Me 1977 UK quad 40"x30" Fine/Near Mint £275 Notes: This movie was a box office smash in the UK in the late 70s and early 80s starred the late, great British porn star, Mary Millington. A version of the film containing very steamy and explicit sex scenes was actually shot, but it never saw the light of day due to very extensive censorship. It is a fascinating piece of social history, though, and an important part of the Mary Millington legacy. This poster features artwork by Tom Chantrell and is from the film's first release, folded in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3010 Click for more details and a larger picture of Congorilla

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Congorilla 1932 US 1/2 sht - 28"X22" Very Good £185 Notes: In the 1930's, there was a vogue for gorilla movies (Ingagi, King Kong and many more) and also documentary films featuring far flung jungles and natives. Martin and Osa Johnson were the foremost proponents of this latter genre and Congorilla one of their best films (sub-titled big apes and little people). Promoted in the style of a sexploitation movie, this was actually a genuine documentary, disappointing many of the audience. This poster is from the 1946 re-release. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9964 Click for more details and a larger picture of Date Bait	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Date Bait 1960 US 30" x 40" Fine on linen £125 Notes: Too young to know, too wild to care, too eager to say 'I will!' Fabulous bad girl image in the rarer 30" x 40" format. This poster is from the film's first release in 1960. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:5787 Click for more details and a larger picture of Debbie does Dallas

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Debbie does Dallas 1978 US - 25"x38" Fine £795 Notes: The film that took the porno movie business mainstream and changed the world forever. Bambi Woods looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as issued in excellent condition. It was common for adult film posters to be undersized, less than the standard 27"x41", and this is just such a case. The standard size for the first release of this film was 25"x38". MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:6913 Click for more details and a larger picture of Debbie does Dallas

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Debbie does Dallas 1978 US - 25"x38" Very Good on linen £495 Notes: The film that took the porno movie business mainstream and changed the world forever. Bambi Woods looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as issued in excellent condition. It was common for adult film posters to be undersized, less than the standard 27"x41", and this is just such a case. The standard size for the first release of this film was 25"x38". Linen backed with moderate overall wear and tear, this example has more patina than most but still presents well and is priced at a significant discount to the usual price. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:7082 Click for more details and a larger picture of Debbie does Dallas

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Debbie does Dallas 1978 US - 25"x38" Fine on linen £795 Notes: The film that took the porno movie business mainstream and changed the world forever. Bambi Woods looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed in excellent condition. It was common for adult film posters to be undersized, less than the standard 27"x41", and this is just such a case. The standard size for the first release of this film was 25"x38". MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1954 Click for more details and a larger picture of Debbie Does Dallas (review style)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Debbie Does Dallas (review style) 1978 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £95 Notes: Great review style poster for one of the most successful films ever made (and that includes mainstream Hollywood movies). Notoriety was key to the success so, unlike most review style posters, this one cheerfully points out that the New York Times has spotted that this film is 'not quite educational' despite being filmed at a university and other newspapers point out that the 'actresses' are not genuine Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Just in case there was any confusion... From the first release in 1978, folded in excellent condion. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2819 Click for more details and a larger picture of Debbie does Las Vegas

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Debbie does Las Vegas 1981 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £95 Notes: Debbie Truelove stars in this XXX rated exploitation movie. It appears to be a follow up to the xxx rated Debbie does Dallas movies but is actually unrelated to them - that's the way it works in the movies. Car experts will be pleased to spot a Jaguar XK150 roadster on the poster - a rare and wonderful machine. This poster is folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:6565 Click for more details and a larger picture of Deep Throat

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Deep Throat 1972 25" x 36" Fine on linen £595 Notes: How far does a girl have to go to untangle her tingle? A woman with an unusual birth defect comes to a doctor who has an unorthodox solution to make the best of her situation. Porn classic from Gerard Damiano with this disarmingly butter-wouldn't-melt image. This poster is from 1973, shortly after the film was released in 1972. Linen backed in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10351 Click for more details and a larger picture of Deep Throat

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Deep Throat 1972 US - 25" x 38" Very Good/Fine on linen £995 Notes: A rare variant of this poster from the first release in 1972. Deep throat is probably the most famous adult film of all time and was certainly a landmark in its day. There were at least four separate printings of this poster, each one slightly larger than the last as the film grew in notoriety and print budgets increased. This is an earlier printing, linen backed with retouching to folds and titles. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2574 Click for more details and a larger picture of Erotic Graffiti	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Erotic Graffiti 1974 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £45 Notes: Originally released as Happy Days in the USA, this XXX rated movie was retitled Erotic Graffiti in Canada. The star, Georgina Spelvin, also reappeared in Police Academy as a hooker. Folded as issued, with snipe over old title and tape burns. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1047 Click for more details and a larger picture of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1966 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint £65 Notes: Russ Meyer's finest! Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted! Exploitation at its best. Horrible acting, speeding, lots of wrestling, fighting and a wealth of well developed breasts. This folded folder is from the 2001 rerelease. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1015 Click for more details and a larger picture of Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style A)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style A) 1966 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Fine on linen £1,495 Notes: Russ Meyer's finest! Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted! Exploitation at its best. Horrible acting, speeding, lots of wrestling, fighting but a wealth of well developed breasts. This is the style A poster from the film's first release, linenbacked. Prior to backing this poster was graded Fine. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3053 Click for more details and a larger picture of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style B)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (style B) 1966 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £1,795 Notes: Russ Meyer's finest! Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted! Exploitation at its best. Horrible acting, speeding, lots of wrestling, fighting but a wealth of well developed breasts. This the style B poster from the film's first release, linen backed. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9048 Click for more details and a larger picture of Fifty Shades of Grey	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Fifty Shades of Grey 2015 UK quad 40"x30" Near Mint £30 Notes: Modern sexploitation melodrama - the film version of the best selling novel. This is from the 2015 first release in the UK, rolled in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:9412 Click for more details and a larger picture of Fifty Shades of Grey (teaser advance)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Fifty Shades of Grey (teaser advance) 2015 UK quad 40"x30" Near Mint £30 Notes: Rare teaser advance for this groundbreaking modern sexploitation melodrama - the film version of the best selling novel. N.B. The teaser poster generates publicity by omitting the film title so the viewer has to work out what the film is. This is from the 2015 first release in the UK, rolled in excellent condition with just a little edge wear that would not affect presentation. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1146 Click for more details and a larger picture of Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £185 Notes: The ultimate bad girl double bill. Just look at the tag lines - 'You'll gasp at her hell-bent way of living!' and 'yes, I'll walk the streets for you'. They don't make 'em like this any more. This poster is folded as issued. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2104 Click for more details and a larger picture of Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Flesh is Weak/ Blondes in Bondage 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £245 Notes: The ultimate bad girl double bill. Just look at the tag lines - 'You'll gasp at her hell-bent way of living!' and 'yes, I'll walk the streets for you'. They don't make 'em like this any more. This poster is linenbacked. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2340 Click for more details and a larger picture of For Members Only

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price For Members Only 1960 US 1/2 sht - 28"X22" Fine £45 Notes: Also released as the The Nudist Story, this UK film does have a storyline - unlike many of the exploitation "nudie cuties" which simply claim to be documentaries about the nudist craze. A somewhat prudish young lady inherits a nudist camp. She wants to shut it down, but is persuaded by its members to give the place a look before she takes any action. She agrees, and while touring the camp finds herself attracted to one of the patrons. The trouble is, so does another young woman at the camp. Complications ensue. This poster is from the film's first release. N.B. this is a rare unfolded example. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11399 Click for more details and a larger picture of Forbidden Adventure

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Forbidden Adventure 1935 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £465 Notes: Classic monkey-sex movie from Sonney, the king of sexploitation. The film started as a genuine documentary about Angkor Wat until Sonney got involved. To spice things up they added bare-breasted natives (allegedly 12 girls from the local brothel) being chased by a man in a gorilla suit. This poster is from the film's first release. This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed with retouching to folds and borders. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1652 Click for more details and a larger picture of Good girls beware	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Good girls beware 1960 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine/Near Mint £95 Notes: This film warns girls of the dangers they face from the opposite sex: rape, pregnancy, "social diseases" and murder. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8115 Click for more details and a larger picture of High School Hellcats

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price High School Hellcats 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint £525 Notes: Stunning bad girl imagery from American Iinternational Pictures - this ranks among the best they've produced. What must a good girl do to 'belong'? This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. This particular example was used in Canada and bears a Quebec censor stamp. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10492 Click for more details and a larger picture of I am Curious Yellow

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price I am Curious Yellow 1967 UK quad 40"x30" Very Good £95 Notes: An important film on many levels, I am Curious Yellow was a Swedish film that will be remembered by many as the first mainstream film in the USA to show sexual intercourse. It was briefly banned in the USA but, in a landmark 1969 Supreme Court ruling, it was deemed not to be obscene because of the 'educational content'. In reality, it was an art house movie, not a a pornographic one, exploring themes of personal growth and sexual awakening in a pseudo documentary style. It gave birth to the 'white coat' genre of sexploitation movies in which a doctor (in a white coat) would provide an educational preamble to the film. After which they take their clothes off and have sex. There was also a companion film - I am Curious Blue - which explored political themes. This is from the first UK release in 1967, folded with tape marks and damage to the corners. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2416 Click for more details and a larger picture of Immoral Mr Teas

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Immoral Mr Teas 1959 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £495 Notes: This is Russ Meyer's debut 1959 feature, a nudie movie typical of similar films of the time. For the brief 61 minutes running time, The Immoral Mr. Teas wanders about his daily business as a dental supplies salesman, ogling improbably-dressed (for the time) receptionists, dental assistants and waitresses without a care that he might get caught (he never does). The lead actor,Bill Teas, was an old Army buddy of Meyer from World War II, and Meyer let him use his own name as the character's name. A rather naïve film with glimpses of the style that would make Meyer famous in later years. Fine on linen with retouching to borders. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:6307 Click for more details and a larger picture of Ingagi

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Ingagi 1931 German - 37" x 55" Fine on linen £3,450 Notes: For movie buffs, Ingagi holds a very special place in film history. In the pre-Hays Code days of 1930 it was promoted on the basis that it used real documentary footage of Sir Hubert Winstead's expedition to Africa, including footage of a woman being dragged into the Congo Jungle by a gorilla for sex. In reality, it was made on a Hollywood back lot with stock footage sprinkled throughout, well known Hollywood extras as the Congolese girl and the "Wild Ape", local children were cast as the "pygmies" and the English explorer never existed. When the distributors were threatened with lawsuits, they withdrew the film from mainstream circulation and destroyed all the advertising material. However the ensuing notoriety ensured that it became a massive hit in the underground exploitation circuit generating higher revenues than any mainstream film of that year. So successful was it that a small film studio called RKO decided to make another exploitation movie featuring the love of an ape for a woman - the film was King Kong and RKO went on to become one of the biggest film studios in the world. This is an incredibly rare survivor from the first and only German release in 1931 with artwork by Lapiner. Quite possibly the only one in existence, it is a significant find. It has had light retouching to the folds only and looks spectacular. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2505 Click for more details and a larger picture of Lorna

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Lorna 1964 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Very Good/Fine on linen £325 Notes: Not as over the top as Meyer's later output, but an excellent slice of sexploitation that explored many of the same themes that recur in later films. First release poster, linen backed with minor paper loss to upper corners that does not affect the presentation. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2234 Click for more details and a larger picture of Love Moods - Lili St Cyr

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Love Moods - Lili St Cyr 1952 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Fine £95 Notes: Busty, highly painted blonde Lili St. Cyr was a notorious striptease artist of the 1940s and 1950s who replaced Gypsy Rose Lee and Ann Corio on the burlesque queen pedestal. Lili actually took the stripper out of burlesque and put her squarely on the Las Vegas stage. She was also noted for her pin-up photography, especially for photos taken by Bernard of Hollywood. She made a few films, including Love Moods, in which she played herself. This poster is from the first release, folded as issued. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11327 Click for more details and a larger picture of Love on wheels

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Love on wheels 1975 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £65 Notes: Carlos Tobalina was a veteran of the US porno scene during its heyday in the 1970's. Producing, directing and acting in his own films, he delivered a stream of better quality material - sometimes with a good looking poster as well! This is a great image of a biker with wild biker chick. Folded as issued with some very minor archival tape repairs. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2285 Click for more details and a larger picture of Love slaves of the Amazons

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Love slaves of the Amazons 1957 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good on linen £395 Notes: Fantastic orgies of Queen Conori! A party of explorers in the Amazon jungle are captured by a tribe of women and learn that they are to be used as the tribe's "love slaves." This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2770 Click for more details and a larger picture of Love-ins

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Love-ins 1967 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good £45 Notes: It's the 60s and every "love child" is in search of a guru to follow and lead them to enlightenment! A group of young hippies follows a much older man (Richard Todd) and soon he turns himself into their "guru" leading them astray and having his way with the young women in his "flock". Classic zeitgeist movie. Folded as issued, from the first release in 1967 with tape reinforcement on back. Presents very well. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:10048 Click for more details and a larger picture of Marihuana

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Marihuana 1936 US - 28"x41" Fine/Near Mint £2,450 Notes: Weird orgies! Wild parties! Unleashed passions!... Seminal exploitation movie by Dwaine Esper that carried on doing the rounds of backstreet cinemas for many years, becoming a cult movie in the 50's and 60's. A young girl named Burma attends a beach party and smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls. This leads to her downfall. She gets pregnant, another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean, Burma eventually becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption. Over the years, there were a number of variants of this poster featuring slightly different lettering and artwork. This example dates from the first release in 1936, lightly folded in wonderful original condition with no fading of the colours. A rare opportunity. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1833 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mating urge

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mating urge 1959 28" x 43" Very Good £75 Notes: The Mating Urge is an exploitation pot-boiler that cobbled together stock footage from anthropology films about Africa and then promoted it as titillating voyeurism. People will believe anything... This poster is an alternative style to the standard poster and would have been produced in small numbers (the screen printed production method was not well suited to larger runs), folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1950 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mating urge	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mating urge 1959 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Fine £45 Notes: The Mating Urge is an exploitation pot-boiler that cobbled together stock footage from anthropology films about Africa and then promoted it as titillating voyeurism. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1063 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mau-Mau

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mau-Mau 1955 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Fine £75 Notes: Weird, mysterious love rites performed by sex-mad natives! The naked truth! Or so the poster says.... One of the most notorious of the 50's exploitation movies, this one followed the usual route of cutting genuine footage from a documentary about the Mau-Mau in Africa with hastily filmed scenes of scantily clad girls being manhandled by men in badly fitting gorilla suits. Audiences would believe just about anything in those days... This poster is a from a later 1960's re-release. Folded as issued. RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1901 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mondo Cane

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mondo Cane 1962 US 1 sht 27"x41" Very Good/Fine £30 Notes: All The Scenes You Will See In This Film Are True And Taken Only From Life...If Often They Are Shocking It Is Because There Are Many Astounding, Even Unbelievable Things In This World. Nominally a documentary, this film combines a number of unrelated sequences (both real and staged) all focused on the lurid, sensational, and eccentric. Art or just yet more exploitation? Whatever your view, it was a very important film in 1962 and much imitated thereafter - a kind of early you-tube... Original release, folded as issued with minor repairs using archival tape. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11100 Click for more details and a larger picture of Motorpsycho

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Motorpsycho 1965 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine £595 Notes: Classic Russ Meyer thriller made just before Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! and employing a very similar plot line - three murderous bikers embark on a crime spree. This is a US country-of-origin poster from the 1965 first release, folded in excellent condition with just a few small pinholes denying it a higher condition grade. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:3652 Click for more details and a larger picture of Mudhoney

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Mudhoney 1965 US 1 sht 27"x41" Fine on linen £795 Notes: Superior and surprising film from Russ Meyer. Perfectly cast - Hal Hopper (the ultimate sleaze-bag in a worn linen suit, babes galore - Lorna Maitland and her beautiful mute sister... the "crazy" and hilarious mother of the these two who makes moonshine. It's funny, sexy and darkly serious with Meyer's usual great cinematography. From the film's first release, linen backed in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1462 Click for more details and a larger picture of Narcotic Story

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Narcotic Story 1958 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint £145 Notes: The Whole Story...From the First "Connection" to the "Hooked" Addict! Intended as a police information film, it was then given the sexploitation treatment and released to the general public. This poster is from the film's first release in 1958. Unusually, it is not folded - almost all posters were machine folded straight from the printer. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:2301 Click for more details and a larger picture of Playbirds

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Playbirds 1978 UK quad 40"x30" Fine £145 Notes: The cover girls of a famous sex magazine are murdered one-by-one and the easily baffled British police can only think of one solution: To send one of their own in undercover. UK porn superstar Mary Millington stars as the undercover cop in David 'the Porn King' Sullivan's sex comedy. With artwork by Tom Chantrell, this poster for the playbirds is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1722 Click for more details and a larger picture of Primitive London

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Primitive London 1965 UK quad 40"x30" Fine on linen £425 Notes: Exploitation film documentary on 'Swinging London' as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of 'Nudist Memories', interviews mods, rockers and beatniks in his answer to the demand for Mondo Cane style documentaries. Wife Swapping, an overworked stripper, child birth, the killing of chickens and an interview with Billy J. Kramer also feature. This poster is from the film's first release, Linen backed with minimal retouching. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8672 Click for more details and a larger picture of Problem Girls

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Problem Girls 1953 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint on linen £675 Notes: Unlike a lot of the "girls dormitory" pictures of the 40s and 50s-- largely a boring lot -- this one is lively and in some cases, very funny. Check out actor Anthony Jochim as a weird old doctor at the girls school, who despite having murdered his wife in days of yore proves to be of invaluable help to the sterling young hero investigating corruption at the school. This poster is from the film's first release, linen backed in superb condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8357 Click for more details and a larger picture of Road to Ruin

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Road to Ruin 1934 US 3 sht - 41" X 81" Fine on linen £2,450 Notes: Wonderful art of Devil watching over the fallen teenager together with great tagline - 'modern youth burned at altar of ignorance'. The Road to Ruin was a 1934 bad girl teen romantic crime melodrama about a 16-year-old girl, neglected by her parents, who starts smoking, drinking, doing drugs, and having affairs with older men. She gets arrested then finds out she's pregnant so she has to get an illegal abortion. While recuperating, she realizes that her troubles are all her own fault. But then she dies... Doh! Early sexploitation melodrama. They don't make them like this any more. Super rare and linen backed in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:8457 Click for more details and a larger picture of Running Wild	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Running Wild 1955 US 1 sht 27"x41" Near Mint on linen £495 Notes: Great 1955 juvenile delinquent exploitation film about a teenage crime gang. Introducing Mamie van Doren in a small role, she stole the show and went on to greater things. From the 1955 first release, linen backed in excellent condition. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:11449 Click for more details and a larger picture of Sex Maniac (Maniac)

Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Sex Maniac (Maniac) 1934 US 40" x 60" Fine on board £3,500 Notes: Unique one-off display piece from the 1940's for Dwain Esper's horror movie, first released in 1934 as Maniac. This poster is a fascinating piece of Americana from the 'grindhouse' cinema circuit that catered to the more risque side of the film business, showing the kind of sexploitation movies that you wouldn't tell your mother you were going to see. In fact, you wouldn't tell anybody you were going which meant that unscrupulous cinema owners could get away with murder. In this case, they deliberately chose images and a tagline to suggest a raunchy plot – the reality was there was no sex and nothing in the least bit titillating but who were you going to complain to? This is far more than just a movie poster, it's a glimpse of a different time and an alternative world. The poster itself is composed of a 40” x 60” poster salvaged from another film, complete with a grossly misleading tagline, onto which is stapled the new film title (Sex Maniac), also misleading, and a selection of pasted on photos with glamorous women to complete the con trick. This poster is featured in Tony Nourmand's book Sexploitation Movie Art and was part of his collection. It's in generally good shape with light overall patina of age, pasted onto board with a tear in the top edge at the top which doesn't affect the overall presentation. It's currently conservation framed with non-refective UV glass. MORE DETAILS ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING

Ref.No:1964 Click for more details and a larger picture of Shock-o-rama	Title Year Nominal size Condition Price Shock-o-rama 1955 US 1 sht - 27"x41" Fine £65 Notes: Documentary style exploitation shocker that sums up all the kitsch splendour of the genre. The poster says it all. This poster is from the film's first release, folded as originally issued to cinemas. Minor fold separation, otherwise Fine RESERVED ASK A QUESTION TELL A FRIEND LINEN BACKING