eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5t0249 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE 8 LCs 1936 Power, Faye, Al Jolson in blackface on TC, ultra rare! Date Sold 9/15/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Rose of Washington Square, the 1939 Gregory Ratoff New York City biographical romantic musical ("Song by song... scene by scene... the thrill grows greater"; "Music and Lyrics by Gordon and Revel, Hanley and MacDonald"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck) starring Tyrone Power Jr., Alice Faye (in the title role as Rose Sargent), Al Jolson, William Frawley, Joyce Compton, Hobart Cavanaugh, Louis Prima, and Moroni Olsen. "Everybody" in Hollywood knew that this was actually a biography of Fanny Brice and gambler Nicky Arnstein, and Brice herself sued 20th Century Fox for defamation of character, and the case was settled out of court. Years later of course, two movies would be based on Brice's life, "Funny Girl" and "Funny Lady", with Barbra Streisand, and Omar Sharif in the lead roles. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this a very rare complete set of lobby cards for this movie (we have never auctioned a complete set of cards for this title in all of our years of auctioning!) Note also that this auction also includes the printed envelope this item originally came with! Condition: very good to fine. These cards were printed in the U.S. but they were sent to England they were used there, and someone stamped each card with a tiny stamp in the bottom right that has "CERT. A" in the middle of a box. The stamp is mostly in the bottom blank border only and otherwise the cards are in wonderful condition (see our images)! Learn More about condition grades
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