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Auction History Result 8j459 WHERE'S CHARLEY standee '52 great image of wacky cross-dressing Ray Bolger! Date Sold 6/30/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Standee (measures 32 1/2" x 59 1/2" [83 x 151 cm]) (Learn More) Where's Charley?, the 1952 David Butler cross-dressing screwball comedy ("She's A He -- And He's A Howl! And Here's All The Delight Of That Ever-So-Bright Marvel Of Merriment And Melody ...From Warner Bros."; "Warner Bros marvel Of merriment And melody"; "With The Stars And Songs, And Gags And Gals Of The 2-Year-Run Play!"; "He's Here! The Rage of the Stage on the screen with a Roar!"; "This is Charley... What a wag in a wig... What a way with the women!"; "where's Fun by the Ton?"; "where's Joy by the Screenful"; "where's Merriment and Melody to make you Marvel?"; "It's Here") starring Ray Bolger ("Ray Bolger in Warner Bros.' Entertainment Delight of Delights!"; "Ray Bolger Bowls 'em Over in Where's Charley?"; in the title role as Charley Wykeham), Allyn Ann McLerie (billed as "Allyn McLerie"), Robert Shackleton, Horace Cooper, and Margaretta Scott. Note that the play "Charley's Aunt" was written in 1890, and was incredibly popular on stage for many years, and was adapted into many movie versions. This was a movie adaptation of the Broadway play, which was first produced in 1948 and ran for 792 performances, and when this movie version was made, Ray Bolger and the other top stars reprised their roles from the Broadway play. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that several months ago, we were consigned around a dozen standees that were similar to this one. Just about every one of them is "die-cut", meaning that they are cut around the edges to the shape of the image. But while those were from the same time period, they had been poorly stored, and most were quite musty and had other condition issues. NOW WE HAVE BEEN CONSIGNED A DIFFERENT MUCH LARGER GROUP OF 85 STANDEES LIKE THESE, BUT WHILE THESE ALSO HAVE CONDITION ISSUES, THEY ARE NOT "MUSTY" LIKE THE EARLIER ONES WERE! They were apparently stored far better, and while they have aged over the past 60 or 70 years, but most of the defects were likely acquired when they were first used. See the condition area below for a full description of the condition each standee is in, but know that this is a remarkable collection that was well stored for many decades (and standees like this have always been quite rare, because few survived, likely because theaters discarded them after using them)!There are two circular pieces of cardboard attached to the back of the standee that once had a string between them (this is how the standees were originally made), but the strings are no longer present, pretty unusual for standees of this age. This does not have any kind of regular standee backing. We are guessing that you were supposed to lean the standee against a pole and tie the strings from the circles around the pole, but that is just a guess! Condition: good. There are many horizontal scuffs scattered throughout through the standee (including some in the stars' images) and some creases around the edges. The die-cut areas have only slight wear, which is very unusual in standees like these (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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