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Auction History Result 6p385 SHOW BOAT style B 1/2sh '51 art of Kathryn Grayson, sexy Ava Gardner, Howard Keel! Date Sold 4/26/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 27 3/4" [56 x 70 cm]) (Learn More) Show Boat, the 1951 George Sidney epic romantic riverboat gambling musical ("MGM'S Glorious New Show Boat"; "All Star!"; "It's New! Hundreds in the cast!"; "It's the 'Gone With the Wind' of musicals!"; "Spectacular in color by Technicolor!"; "Famed Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein, II Musical"; "From the Immortal Musical Play 'Show Boat' by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein, II"; "Based on Edna Ferber's Novel") starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge & Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, and William Warfield (who sings "Old Man River", which had been sung by Paul Robeson in the 1936 version, which also starred Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Helen Morgan). There had been a 1929 version, but that was initially filmed as a silent, and then some music was hastily added just before it was released. 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 poster has been trimmed and it now measures 22" x 27 3/4" [56 x 70 cm]. Also 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: fair to good. There is light rippling and discoloration throughout the poster from exposure to moisture. There are some creases, defects, areas of paper loss and tears of varying lengths along parts of some edges. Many of the tears or other defects as described above have been repaired with several pieces of tape from the back. Some of the tape repairs slightly bleed through to the front in various areas (see our image). Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid and please do not bid unless you can accept the defects described above, or you are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades 
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