Complete 1.5 x 4" promotional matchpack for the 1939 re-release of the 1936 "Daring Marihuana Expose" anti-marijuana film, also released as "The Marijuana Story." The exterior features a great graphic of a shadowy smoking man and swooning woman in front of a "Reefer" cigarette, the wonderful text reading "Deals Wild, Mad Thrills At A Price - A Puff...A Party...A Tragedy." Interior has imprint for film showings at State Theatre [Mahanoy City, PA] beginning Sept. 4 [1939]. The matches themselves are even printed with an image of large hand holding a swooning woman in a revealing gown. Our example is unused and in really pristine condition, very rare as such.
Complete 1.5 x 4" promotional matchpack for the 1939 re-release of the 1936 "Daring Marihuana Expose" anti-marijuana film, also released as "The Marijuana Story." The exterior features a great graphic of a shadowy smoking man and swooning woman in front of a "Reefer" cigarette, the wonderful text reading "Deals Wild, Mad Thrills At A Price - A Puff...A Party...A Tragedy." Interior has imprint for film showings at State Theatre [Mahanoy City, PA] beginning Sept. 4 [1939]. The matches themselves are even printed with an image of large hand holding a swooning woman in a revealing gown. Our example is unused and in really pristine condition, very rare as such.