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Auction History Result 5j428 NINOTCHKA 8x10.25 still '39 smiling Greta Garbo swing dancing happily with Melvyn Douglas! Date Sold 6/4/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" (8x10) Movie Still (Learn More) Ninotchka, the 1939 Ernst Lubitsch Capitalism-vs-Communism romantic comedy ("Garbo laughs in the greatest comedy hit of the year!"; "A new laughing Garbo"; "Garbo Laughs in the Ernst Lubitsch Comedy Production"; "[Don't Pronounce It - See It!]"; "Based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; with a screenplay written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch; about a Soviet Russian woman who travels to Paris, France on business and discovers there is more to life than what Communism offers) starring Greta Garbo (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Ninotchka), Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart (the following year, he had a memorable role in Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner"), and Alexander Granach. Note that this movie was remade in 1957 as a musical with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse as "Silk Stockings". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still measures 8" x 10 1/4". Note that a paper snipe was glued to the back of the still, and then folded over to the front. Normally, 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. However, this snipe was glued on so that the written portion is only readable when the snipe is folded over the bottom of the still, which slightly defeats this purpose (although one can see the top of the still and the snipe at the same time, which could not be done if the snipe was glued on the back). 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: good to very good. The still was used in a magazine, and they wanted a tight shot of the two stars, so they put white-out around that area of the still (it may or may not be easily removable). Learn More about condition grades 
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