SUPER SLEUTH JACK OAKIE ANN SOTHERN RKO RADIO PICTURE 1937 AT THE ROXY AD POSTER

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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1937, CENTERFOLD STYLE ADVERTISEMENT POSTER, TAKEN FROM A FILM INDUSTRY TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE PERIOD SENT TO THEATER OWNERS. "SUPER SLEUTH", STARRING JACK OAKIE, ANN SOTHERN, EDUARDO CIANNELLI, ALAN BRUCE, EDGAR KENNEDY, AN EDWARD SMALL PRODUCTION, DIRECTED BY BEN STOLOFF. APPEARING AT THE ROXY. 12" X 18.5". 3 SETS OF STAPLE HOLES AT THE WHITE BORDER CENTER, OTHERWISE, VERY GOOD CONDITION, SEE PHOTO.
Super Sleuth
stars Jack Oakie as an egotistical movie actor who specializes in detective roles. Despite the gentle remonstrations of his girl friend (Ann Sothern), Oakie fancies himself a genuine master sleuth, and in this capacity offers his services to the law in helping to solve a recent series of "poison pen" murders. In truth, Oakie is so dense that he can't figure out that the seemingly benign criminologist (Eduardo Cianelli), who supplies him technical information on his film roles, is the actual murderer. Edgar Kennedy, the real detective on the case, solves the mystery himself, but not before Oakie is nearly bumped off in the criminologist's "chamber of horrors." Super Sleuth was ineptly remade in 1946 as Genius at Work, a vehicle for RKO's prefabricated comedy team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney.
The Roxy Theatre
was a 5,920 seat movie theater located at 153 West 50th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, just off Times Square in New York City. It opened on March 11, 1927, with the silent film The Love of Sunya, produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. The huge movie palace was a leading Broadway film showcase through the 1950s and was also noted for its lavish stage shows. It closed and was demolished in 1960.