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Auction History Result 4w0295 COVER GIRL Belgian 1947 completely different art of Rita Hayworth & Gene Kelly, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/3/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1947 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) Cover Girl, the 1944 Charles Vidor romantic modeling musical comedy ("The most brilliant musical of our time!"; "Too thrilling for words... So they set it to music, romance, dance and song!"; "A new joy, a new delight in musical entertainment!"; "An exciting motion picture experience you'll remember for years"; "Music by Jerome Kern"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin"; about a young lady who works in a nightclub with her boyfriend and a comic, but then she wins a contest and becomes a famous cover girl, which jeopardizes her romance) starring Rita Hayworth ("Radiant Rita Hayworth - ravishing, audacious, lovely, in the brilliant, exciting musical you've read about."), Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg (as herself), Jess Barker, Leslie Brooks, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, and "The Cover Girls, 15 of America's Most Beautiful Women" 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: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned three examples of it in all our years of auctioning and the last time was a decade ago! 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! Condition: good. The poster was printed on the back of a map and printing on back is somewhat noticeable on the front. There are a few light creases and pinholes around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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