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Auction History Result 5j577 SWING TIME 10x15.25 still '36 incredible image of Astaire & Rogers on fake snow set by Miehle Date Sold 6/4/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 10" x 15 1/4" (8x10) Movie Still (Learn More) Swing Time, the 1936 George Stevens romantic love triangle musical dancing comedy ("With six new haunting melodies by Jerome Kern composer of 'Roberta'"; "Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in the captivating climax of their gay young lives!..."; about a man and woman who are supposed to marry others, but they end up falling in love with each other) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa, and Dennis O'Keefe. Note that this was one of the nine wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made between 1933 and 1939 (they made one final movie, "The Barkleys of Broadway", thirteen years later in 1949). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the still shows a great candid image of Astaire and Rogers in a fake snow scene from "Swing Time". You can see all of the cameramen and crewmembers around the edges of the set and the lights above the set, as well as Astaire and Rogers standing in the fake snow! Also note that I have never before seen one of these "double stills"! It consists of two 8" x 10" stills that show the left half and the right half of the exact same image, and the blank borders were trimmed off and the stills were attached on the back with a cloth tape, thus creating a 10" x 15" double still. We were consigned this still and another one similar, and it is being auctioned separately! Note that there is a stamp on the back of the still (from the studio that distributed it), that also indicates that the photo is by John Miehle. Also note that a paper snipe was glued to the back of the still, and then folded over to the front. This was done rather than gluing the snipe to the back, so that the snipe could be unfolded and the still could be displayed with the snipe unfolded, which would let moviegoers read the information on the snipe in the lobby (and of course, the snipe would be folded backwards, so it would not show). This was done with many stills of the 1930s, but often, the snipes are either partially or completely lost, because it is easier for them to be torn off. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE SNIPE DOES NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE FRONT OF THE STILL! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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