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Auction History Result

#4567 RIO RITA Swedish 1sh 42 Abbott&Costello

Date Sold 1/21/2003
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Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Swedish Movie Poster (measures 26 3/4" x 39 1/4") (Learn More)

Rio Rita, the 1942 S. Sylvan Simon south-of-the-border romantic musical screwball comedy ("The Daffy-Dilly Jubilee of Mirth and Music!"; "Special Material by John Grant"; about not very bright entertainers at a Mexican resort, and they meet Nazi agents who try to trick them into smuggling contraband into the U.S.) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Kathryn Grayson (in the title role as Rita Winslow), John Carroll, Patricia Dane, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Eros Volusia (a sexy Brazilian dancer; as herself), and Joan Valerie. Note that the contract that Abbott & Costello had signed with Universal allowed them to make one movie a year at a different studio, and this movie was made with MGM (they made two other MGM movies in 1944 and 1945).
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Important Added Info: This Swedish poster measures 26 3/4" x 39 1/4" and is unfolded.

Condition: good to very good. There are minor creases throughout the poster. There are a few light horizontal folds. There are some small brown water stains in the white areas of the woman's dress. There are creases and bumps down the left border and a greater n
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