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MARIHUANA - One Sheet (27" x 41"); Very Fine- on Linen

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MARIHUANA - One Sheet (27  x 41 ); Very Fine- on Linen
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MARIHUANA

One Sheet (27" x 41")
Very Fine- on Linen
Roadshow Attractions, 1936

The posters for this film are rare since it wasn't shown in major theaters. Despite the film's focus on the dangers of marijuana, the poster features explicit references to heroin, depicting a syringe marked "misery" and six marijuana joints identified as dangerous substances.

The poster has undergone professional restoration to address wear along the fold lines, mend tears in the lower border, repair small chips and tears along the horizontal folds, and fix a small chip near the left edge, as well as an extra vertical fold. Printing imperfections present in the poster serve as evidence of its authenticity.

When Dwain Esper produced this film, that was the message he was conveying: that marijuana was addictive after one puff and would lead to heroin addiction. The lead character, a teenage girl, goes from smoking marijuana on a beach one night to getting pregnant and becoming a heroin dealer who is forced to give up her baby for adoption. It is one of the true cult classics of the 1930s and became far more prevalent on college campuses in the 1960s for its outdated depiction of the then-illegal substance.

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