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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN SINGIN' IN THE RAIN LC, photolobbies MGM OR search current auctions Auction History Result 3c658 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN photolobby '52 classic posed portrait of Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds! Date Sold 12/15/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Photolobby (11x14; LCs; measures 10 3/4" x 14" [27 x 36 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 this lobby card has been trimmed and it now measures 10 3/4" x 14" [27 x 36 cm]. 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: good to very good. Approximately 1/4" was neatly trimmed from the right blank border (likely so the card would fit in a frame). There is an extremely faint tape stain in the lower left and right blue background areas, but they are mostly only noticeable when the card is tilted to the light (but both stains are very slightly "sticky", which could be easily removed through the use of Bestine or Undu). There is a 1" crease in the lower right blue background. Other than the above, the photolobby is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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