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Auction History Result 7f401 COVER GIRL map back Belgian 11x17 '47 completely different art of Rita Hayworth & Gene Kelly! Date Sold 3/7/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably later 1940s; from the first Belgian release) Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) Cover Girl, the 1944 Charles Vidor romantic modeling musical comedy ("The most brilliant musical of our time!"; "Too thrilling for words... So they set it to music, romance, dance and song!"; "A new joy, a new delight in musical entertainment!"; "An exciting motion picture experience you'll remember for years"; "Music by Jerome Kern"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin"; about a young lady who works in a nightclub with her boyfriend and a comic, but then she wins a contest and becomes a famous cover girl, which jeopardizes her romance) starring Rita Hayworth ("Radiant Rita Hayworth - ravishing, audacious, lovely, in the brilliant, exciting musical you've read about."), Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg (as herself), Jess Barker, Leslie Brooks, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, and "The Cover Girls, 15 of America's Most Beautiful Women" NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This poster is printed on the back of part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. There are tiny stains at lower left and right in the background and title area. There are remnants of a snipe across the top of the poster. The top 1" of the poster was folded back at one time. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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