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Auction History Result Lot #: #148 TOP HAT half-sheet movie poster '35 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers!!  Date Sold 12/18/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 8 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Top Hat, the 1935 Mark Sandrich romantic singing-and-dancing musical comedy ("Ladies and Gentlemen, here's a Show!"; "America's happy dancing stars are here in a glorious show!"; "See them dance the reckless 'Piccolino,' this gay nation's new ballroom adventure!"; "... Hear the songs you can't forget!"; "The king and queen of rhythm on a joyous jamboree!"; "Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin"; "See them dance the sensational Piccolino"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, and Lucille Ball (in a bit part as a flower clerk). Note that this was the one of the nine wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made between 1933 and 1939 (they made one final movie, "The Barkleys of Broadway", fourteen years later in 1949). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. the poster had rough creases, smudges, and a few tiny areas of paper loss along both foldlines and tiny paper loss at the crossfolds; the poster had tears, creases, smudges, pinholes, and small paper loss around the edges. The person who did the restoration put new blank white paper over all the borders to even out the appearance (but the small writing at the bottom of the poster was not covered over). This is a common technique used by several top restorers. It is done so well that the majority of collectors are not even aware it has been done, and many do not feel it to be a significant detraction (since it is only blank white area). The restorer did the type of restoration I like on the foldlines. Looking closely, you can see that there were creases and smudges, but from any distance away, they are not very noticeable at all. The advantage of restoring this way is that it requires far less paint restoration, and you feel like you are looking at the actual poster, NOT a poster that has been "dipped in paint". This poster has had restoration, but not an excessive amount, and it displays quite well, and I would think most collectors would be happy to display it on their wall. Learn More about condition grades 
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