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Auction History Result 2s0144 MERRY WIDOW Italian 1p R1949 Cesselon art of Chevalier & Jeanette MacDonald, Lubitsch, rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1949 Re-Release Theatrical Folded Italian One-Panel (known in Italy as a "2 Fogli") Movie Poster (1p; measures 39" x 55" [99 x 140 cm]) (Learn More) The Merry Widow, the 1934 Ernst Lubitsch romantic musical comedy ("The world's greatest spectacle of music, love and laughter!"; written by Samson Raphaelson; based on book and lyrics by Victor Leon & Leo Stein and music by Franz Lehar, from his 1905 operetta; about a mythical tiny country in Europe, and their richest citizen, a widow, goes to Paris, and the king of the country is afraid she will never come back, so he sends the country's greatest lover to try to marry her and keep her in their country!) starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Sterling Holloway, Una Merkel, George Barbier, and Minna Gombell. Note that there was a 1925 silent version of this musical (a neat trick!) directed by Erich Von Stroheim, and a 1952 version starring Fernando Lamas and a non-singing Lana Turner (whose singing voice was dubbed)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Angelo Cesselon Important Added Info: Note that Italian posters from the first few years after World War II are among the most rare posters there are! Apparently, there were still major paper shortages in Italy, and few posters were printed, and most were recycled. This is an extremely rare first release Italian poster from 1949, which we have never auctioned before! Condition: good. The poster has darkening on parts of some folds and parts of the borders with some tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss in small parts of the borders. After a simple linenbacking the poster will display really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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