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Auction History Result 9p651 WEST SIDE STORY 6 LCs R62 Academy Award winning classic musical, directed by Robert Wise! Date Sold 6/20/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 6 1962 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) West Side Story, the classic 1961 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (winners of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City romantic dance musical ("The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures"; "'Best Picture' Winner of 10 Academy Awards 1961"; "Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince" winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; with a sentimental script by Ernest Lehman, which borrows heavily from "Romeo & Juliet"; based on a book by Arthur Laurents) starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and George Chakiris (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film). The wonderful music was by Leonard Bernstein and the equally wonderful lyrics were by Stephen Sondheim. Note that Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (who had also dubbed The King and I and The Sound of Music), and Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed as well. Recordings exist of some of Natalie Wood's singing, and she absolutely would have been fine, but Hollywood demands perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that although these lobby cards are from the 1962 re-release, they are the first set of lobby cards issued for this movie. For lobby card collectors, these are the cards for this movie for those who want to collect Oscar winning titles! Condition: good. The card pictured in the lower right of our image has a crease in the left of the card from being folded back at one time, with several pairs of staple holes in several areas on either side of the crease, and there is paper loss in the right edge. Each of the cards has varying degrees of staple holes around the edges, with a few falling in the far edge of the image, and there are a few minor creases in the corners of some of the cards. Several have faint stains, smudges, and/or scuffs. Learn More about condition grades 
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