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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN SINGIN' IN THE RAIN LC, photolobbies MGM OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5t0337 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 8 trimmed photolobbies 1952 Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, classic musical! Date Sold 1/16/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Group of 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Photolobbies (trimmed, ranging in size from 9 3/4" x 13 1/4" [25 x 34 cm] to 10 1/4" x 12 3/4" [26 x 32 cm]) (Learn More) Singin' in the Rain, the classic 1952 Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly romantic musical comedy (considered by most the best musical of all time!; "What a glorious feeling"; "MGM's Technicolor Musical Treasure!"; "Suggested by the song 'Singin' In the Rain'"; about a Hollywood movie studio in the late 1920s that wants to begin making sound pictures, but their top leading lady has a dreadful voice, plus they have great difficulties adapting to the sound equipment; pretty young Debbie Reynolds comes along to dub in the singing voice of the primadonna leading lady, played to perfection by Jean Hagen) starring Gene Kelly (as Don Lockwood), Donald O'Connor (as Cosmo Brown), Debbie Reynolds (as Kathy Selden), Jean Hagen (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; as Lina Lamont), Millard Mitchell (as R.F. Simpson), and Cyd Charisse (unnamed, only referred to as "Dancer"). Note that this greatest of all Hollywood musicals had an odd beginning! The title song had been sung in "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" by Cliff Edwards, and that inspired this movie, and in addition, the song "Make 'Em Laugh" was basically plagiarized from "Be a Clown", from "The Pirate"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the last time we auctioned a group of eight of these photolobbies (a complete set of all the scenes, but no title card), they sold for $1,449. THIS SET OF ALL EIGHT SCENES IS TRIMMED AROUND THE EDGES, SO IT WILL SURELY SELL AT A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT TO THE UNTRIMMED SET, BUT THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE DISPLAYED AND ENJOYED AS THEY ARE! Also note that on this classic movie, and on several other major releases of the 1950s, MGM issued two entirely different sets of lobby cards! One set was the kind that is regularly seen. The other kind was a "photolobby" set with glossier color scenes from the movie, most often entirely different from the other set, and sometimes the photolobbies were black and white photos that had been hand-colored prior to production. The photolobbies are at least as rare as the regular lobby cards! Note that in the 1930s and 1940s, MGM issued yet a third kind of color 11" x 14", called a "color glos" 11" x 14", but these were on a photo paper, whereas the 1950s photolobbies are on regular lobby card-like stock. Condition: fair to good. Some theater that used this set trimmed them on all four borders, leaving a thin blank border on each side. Because some of them are horizontal and some of them are vertical, this means that they now measure two sizes (9 3/4" x 13 1/4" and 10 1/4" x 12 3/4"). This also means that the area with the title and captions is now missing. They certainly can still be displayed and enjoyed as they are, or one could have the missing area recreated, but please do not bid on this unless you can accept this very significant defect. Learn More about condition grades 
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