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Auction History Result 8h571 INVITATION TO THE DANCE pressbook '56 great art of Gene Kelly dancing with Tamara Toumanova! Date Sold 7/10/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12 1/4" x 17" [31 x 43 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) Invitation to the Dance, the 1956 Gene Kelly multi-part animated animation cartoon live-action clown circus romantic fantasy dancing musical ("Exciting women enact life's drama, it's loves, it's laughter, it's beauty!"; this is a movie where three entirely different stories are told only through dance and mime; words are not used and the style of dancing is different for each part, which were titled "Circus", "Ring around the Rosey" and "Sinbad the Sailor") starring Gene Kelly (who appeared in all three parts of this film), Tamara Toumanova, Igor Youskevitch, Belita, Diana Adams, and Claire Sombert (a ballet dancer who only appeared in this movie and one other). Note that this film was completed in 1952 but MGM had serious doubts about it commercial viability, and it was not released until 1956, when their doubts were quickly confirmed. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle and there is some wear around the edges and along the fold. Learn More about condition grades 
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