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Auction History Result 7f160 SHALL WE DANCE Canadian 1sh R40s art of Astaire & Ginger Rogers dancing on rollerskates! Date Sold 3/7/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded Canadian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 25 3/4" x 42 1/4" [65 x 107 cm]) (Learn More) Shall We Dance, the classic 1937 Mark Sandrich romantic dancing musical comedy ("Control yourself! ...they're coming on skates!"; "Music by George Gershwin"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin"; about a male ballet dancer and a female musical comedy star who have a pretend romance in order to gain publicity, but of course, they fall in love for real!) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, William Brisbane, Harriet Hoctor, and Mantan Moreland. Note that this is the Astaire & Rogers movie where they dance together on roller skates! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an unusual poster! It looks like it might be from a 1936 Canadian release of this classic RKO movie, but it is a different size from the U.S. poster, and it was printed in Canada, and since I know that Canadian theaters used U.S. posters in the 1930s, I think it is extremely likely that it is NOT from 1936. I think it is far more likely that when World War II caused the major Hollywood studios to lose distribution in Europe, and also caused them to lose most of their top stars to the war, they likely made a deal with Canadian distributors to re-release their classic movies in Canada at some point during those war years. This is further reinforced by the fact that other Canadian posters like this have surfaced over the years, and they are usually from classic RKO movies from throughout the 1930s, and they are often found together, but printed on very similar paper, making it far more likely they were printed at the same time. If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that this poster measures 25 3/4" x 42 1/4" [65 x 107 cm]. Finally, 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. There is paper loss in the lower left corner of the poster. There are tack holes scattered throughout the poster with some around the edges enlarged or torn from rough removal. There are light stains at the crossfolds at lower right and there are smudges around the edges of the poster. There are some creases scattered throughout the poster (mostly along the foldlines and around the edges). Learn More about condition grades 
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