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Film Homage Sins Of Passion 1937 Russell Lee Fsa Tower Minnesota 1937-2010 Sepia Toned Color Added #1 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Sins Of Passion 1937 Russell Lee Fsa Tower Minnesota 1937-2010 Sepia Toned Color Added #1 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Sins of Passion is an independently made exploitation film which has slipped through the cracks historically. Nothing is known of its origins; nor... more
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"Sins of Passion" is an independently made exploitation film which has slipped through the cracks historically. Nothing is known of its origins; nor has any known print surfaced.
In November 1937 the Madison, Wisconsin censorship committee ruled that the film couldn't be shown at the Capital Theater but could be screened only "as an educational film in a school auditorium or some other public place." So it appears to be a sex education film.
Exploitation films used to be shown in drive-ins or at midnight in less than reputable regular theaters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRPHf90Fi24&p=A164F21D47319F3...
The cardboard cutout features 4' tall Johnny Roventini (1910-1998) who was a pitchman for Philip Morris cigarettes from 1934 until his retirement in 1974. "The world's smallest bellboy" call was heard at his thousands of personal appearances.
Supposedly he uttered his familiar call a million times, which is highly doubtful.
Here he...
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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