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Auction History Result 9j152 SHOW BOAT standee '51 art of Kathryn Grayson, sexy Ava Gardner & Howard Keel! Date Sold 8/11/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Standee (measures 32 1/2" x 59 1/4" [83 x 150 cm]) (Learn More) Show Boat, the 1951 George Sidney epic romantic riverboat gambling musical ("MGM'S Glorious New Show Boat"; "All Star!"; "It's New! Hundreds in the cast!"; "It's the 'Gone With the Wind' of musicals!"; "Spectacular in color by Technicolor!"; "Famed Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein, II Musical"; "From the Immortal Musical Play 'Show Boat' by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein, II"; "Based on Edna Ferber's Novel") starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge & Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, and William Warfield (who sings "Old Man River", which had been sung by Paul Robeson in the 1936 version, which also starred Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Helen Morgan). There had been a 1929 version, but that was initially filmed as a silent, and then some music was hastily added just before it was released. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that several months ago, we were consigned around a dozen standees that were similar to this one. Just about every one of them is "die-cut", meaning that they are cut around the edges to the shape of the image. But while those were from the same time period, they had been poorly stored, and most were quite musty and had other condition issues. NOW WE HAVE BEEN CONSIGNED A DIFFERENT MUCH LARGER GROUP OF 85 STANDEES LIKE THESE, BUT WHILE THESE ALSO HAVE CONDITION ISSUES, THEY ARE NOT "MUSTY" LIKE THE EARLIER ONES WERE! They were apparently stored far better, and while they have aged over the past 60 or 70 years, but most of the defects were likely acquired when they were first used. See the condition area below for a full description of the condition each standee is in, but know that this is a remarkable collection that was well stored for many decades (and standees like this have always been quite rare, because few survived, likely because theaters discarded them after using them)!There are two circular pieces of cardboard attached to the back of the standee that once had a string between them (this is how the standees were originally made), but the strings are no longer present, pretty unusual for standees of this age. This does not have any kind of regular standee backing. We are guessing that you were supposed to lean the standee against a pole and tie the strings from the circles around the pole, but that is just a guess! Condition: good. The poster has some faint horizontal scuff lines (caused by the corrugated cardboard it was created on). There are many scuffs, tears and some paper loss around the edges of the standee. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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