eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5w853 ROMAN SCANDALS LC '33 Goldwyn Girl Lucille Ball & others laugh at Eddie Cantor in blackface! Date Sold 3/24/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Roman Scandals, the 1933 Frank Tuttle pre-Code historical Ancient Rome Italy romantic musical fantasy comedy (based on the story by George S. Kaufman, with a script by Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood; musical numbers staged by Busby Berkeley, who was borrowed from Warner Bros., and he brought along many of his best dancers and showgirls; Berkeley managed to work with both studios by doing this movie at night while working at Warners during the day; produced by Samuel Goldwyn; about a delivery boy in "West Rome", a small town in middle America, who is hit on the head and wakes up in Ancient Rome where he is sold as a slave, and ends up at the royal palace, involved in much royal intrigue; after many adventures, he wakes up in the modern day, and he uses her new-found knowledge to become a hero!) starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, The Goldwyn Girls, Edward Arnold, Verree Teasdale, and Alan Mowbray. Note that Lucille Ball and Paulette Goddard were two of the "Goldwyn Girls" (this was in Lucille Ball's first year of making movies, when she had several uncredited appearances in roles like these!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: When you talk about "politically incorrect" scenes, this one is up there! Not only is Eddie Cantor in blackface (which the "Goldwyn Girls", including Lucille Ball, find hilarious), but there are also two "black" slave girls who are not amused! Note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: good to very good. There is water staining in most of the left blank border and extending into the top left corner (and part of the image background). There is a faint crease across much of the top blank border and two pinholes in the top center of the image. There is a piece of tape on the back of the center of the top border, but it was not put there for any restoration purpose. Learn More about condition grades
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