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Auction History Result 2a199 DU BARRY WAS A LADY insert '43 Red Skelton, Gene Kelly & wonderful art of sexy Lucille Ball! Date Sold 8/22/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Du Barry Was a Lady, the 1943 Roy Del Ruth romantic love triangle musical comedy ("The musical extravaganza in Technicolor that tops 'Great Ziegfeld' glory!"; loosely based on a Cole Porter Broadway musical, but it had to be heavily censored to be made into a movie; about a coatroom attendant who dreams he is back in 18th century France, chasing after the showgirl he loves in real life!) starring Red Skelton (as King Louis XV), Lucille Ball (in the title role as Madame Du Barry), Gene Kelly, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Virginia O'Brien, 'Rags' Ragland, Zero Mostel (in his first movie role!), and Don Wilson. Note that this movie paired the greatest male and female TV slapstick comedians, Red Skelton and Lucille Ball! Note that there is a sequence in this movie with the "I Love a Vargas Girl" musical number with Red Skelton. MGM had famed pin-up artist Alberto Vargas pick out twelve beautiful models to each be a "month" in the above number, and Clarence Sinclair Bull photographed them against calendar backgrounds for each month. One of those twelve models was Hazel Brooks, who went on to a successful film career, but not as much for the other eleven! 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 poster has never been machine folded! Most insert posters were folded twice horizontally right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded example of most insert posters, especially from before 1970! Condition: good to very good. There are smudges, creases, and some 2" and smaller tears and some areas of tattering around the edges of the poster (some repaired with tape from the back). Other than the defects around the edges, the poster is in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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