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Auction History Result 2c029 MOON OVER MIAMI style B 1/2sh 1941 Ameche, Cummings, Holmgren art of sexy Betty Grable, rare! Date Sold 12/12/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 20" x 25 1/2" [51 x 65 cm]) (Learn More) Moon Over Miami, the 1941 Walter Lang Florida Everglades romantic musical ("Adaptation by George Seaton and Lynn Starling from a play by Stephen Powys"; "Lyrics and Music by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger"; about two Texas girls losing an inheritance because of taxes and they travel to Miami to find rich husbands) starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings (Bob Cummings), Charlotte Greenwood, Jack Haley, Carole Landis, Cobina Wright Jr., Fortunio Bonanova, and Jack Cole. Note that Alberto Vargas did the artwork for the cover of the pressbook and the 24-sheet only on this movie, and both bear his signature. The pressbook explains that Vargas was commissioned to paint this image. Nowhere does it state that he did any of the other art for the movie, even though one of the one-sheets and the insert are often described as being Vargas art. It is my opinion that they are NOT drawn by Vargas, and certainly the pressbook backs that up. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: John Holmgren Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this 1941 first release style B half-sheet! Not only that, but we have only once previously auctioned the style A half-sheet, and that sold for $1,058. Also note that the insert and also the style A one-sheet (both of which has a "pinup" image of a sexy Betty Grable-like blonde, standing full-length in a skin-tight outfit!) have often been incorrectly attributed to Alberto Vargas. Actually, he solely did the 24-sheet for this movie, and the artist for the style A one-sheet, the look-alike insert, and some of the other posters did the art "in the Vargas style", which has caused this incorrect attribution. This poster has wonderful art, and in the case of this one poster, it is signed by the artist, so we know that the art of Betty Grable is by John Holmgren! Also note that this half-sheet has been trimmed and it now measures 20" x 25 1/2" [51 x 65 cm]. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The blank borders were trimmed off and there is tiny paper loss at the crossfold and some tiny creases on the folds, with 3" of separation at the left of the horizontal fold, with some tiny surface paper loss, and smaller separation on the other three ends of folds, and there is tape on the back of two of those areas. There are pinholes in the corners. There is surface paper loss scattered across the bottom of the poster, but most of it is in the blank background (see our image). Obviously, one could have this poster restored, although one could choose to display it as it is. Learn More about condition grades 
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