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Auction History Result 2k166 GREAT ZIEGFELD 1/2sh 1936 William Powell, Myrna Loy & Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, rare! Date Sold 12/13/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Great Ziegfeld, the 1936 Robert Z. Leonard (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) biographical romantic love triangle musical biography ("The greatest entertainment of our time!"; "300 girls"; "50 stars"; "10 shows in one"; "The sensation of the century!"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; a highly fictionalized biography of the legendary showman, Flo Ziegfeld) starring William Powell (in the title role as Florenz Ziegfeld), Myrna Loy (as Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; as Anna Held), Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice (in a cameo as herself!), Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger (in a cameo as himself!), Ernest Cossart, Nat Pendleton, Harriet Hoctor, Joseph Cawthorn (billed as "Joseph Cawthorne"), Joan Holland, Raymond Walburn, and Esther Muir. Note that this movie gave Luise Rainer her second consecutive Best Actress Oscar. But soon after, she turned her back on Hollywood and moved to Europe. Perhaps that partly explains why she had such a long life (she passed away in 2014 at age 104)! 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 we have only once before auctioned this half-sheet, and that example sold for $883! Also note that this poster has never been folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets). Condition: fair to good. The poster was never folded. It had pinholes and dark tape stains in each blank corner, with tape in the center of the bottom border that was removed. It also had tiny stains and smudges around the edges, with a scuff mark and staining across the center of Loy's credit. There were scuff marks and a few stains scattered in the image, including over one of Loy's eyes. The poster was also displayed, and the reds in the poster turned to an orange-ish color. At some time, some amateur attempted slight restoration to the above defects. The poster certainly deserves to be professionally restored, and the new owner will have to decide whether they want to leave the colors of the poster as they are, or to have the reds of the poster restored to how they originally were. In spite of its many defects, this rare poster is unfolded and can be made to display well, but bear in mind its defects and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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