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Auction History Result 8z1106 HITTING A NEW HIGH LC 1937 showgirl Lily Pons performing with chorus girls on Broadway! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Hitting a New High, the 1937 Raoul Walsh New York City Africa opera singing musical romantic screwball comedy (about a girl who is a singer with a band, but she wants to be an opera singer, and an agent comes up with an angle to get her there, which is to have her go to Africa and pretend to be "Oogahunga, the Bird-Girl", a girl raised in the jungle who literally sings like a bird, and then they bring her back to the U.S.!) starring Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Lucille Ball. Note that Lily Pons was a real life opera star who was drafted into movies after the great success of Jeanette MacDonald, and for her first one, she was given "I Dream Too Much" in 1935, with music by Jerome Kern, who had composed the music for the hit movie "Roberta" the year before. But she only appeared in three more movies between 1935 and 1937, and then returned to opera singing. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: good to very good. The card has pinholes, smudges, and faint tiny brown stains around the edges. Otherwise, the card is in pretty nice condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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