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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN SINGIN' IN THE RAIN LC, photolobbies MGM OR search current auctions Auction History Result 4f0566 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN photolobby 1952 classic posed portrait of Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds! Date Sold 5/9/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Photolobby (11x14; LCs; measures 11" x 14" [28 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 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, and in the case of this wonderful card, it has an image that is not seen on any of the regular lobby cards (and it is, in fact, a posed publicity portrait that does not appear in the film)! 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. There is light staining in the top left corner and down the left border, expanding outward toward the bottom of the image, and affecting the "SINGIN' IN" of the title. This staining likely occurred while the card was in a bag, which left tiny paper residue from the bag on the surface of the top left corner and parts of the left and top borders near those areas (see our image). There are tiny pinholes in the corners. The above defects are not all that distracting, because they are mostly in the blank borders and in the background area (although it touches the edge of the raincoat of Reynolds at bottom left). I would think most collectors could display this great card as it is, or certainly, restoration could be performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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