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Auction History Result 7b0160 CARNIVAL IN COSTA RICA Belgian 1947 art of Haymes, Vera-Ellen, Romero & Holm in Central America! Date Sold 1/5/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 16 3/4" x 21 1/4" [43 x 54 cm]) (Learn More) Carnival in Costa Rica, the 1946 Gregory Ratoff Central America south-of-the-border romantic musical ("Music by Ernesto Lecuona, Lyrics by Harry Ruby and Dances by Leonide Massine") starring Dick Haymes, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Celeste Holm (in her second movie role!), Anne Revere, J. Carrol Naish, and the Lecuona Cuban Boys 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: This poster is printed on the back of a map or part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was neatly trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). It has some fold and border wear but is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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