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Auction History Result 5s267 CHARLIE MCCARTHY standee '40s the famous ventriloquist dummy with moving mouth & eyes! Date Sold 2/4/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Standee (measures 8 1/4" x 16 1/2" [21 x 42 cm]) (Learn More) Charlie McCarthy is Edgar Bergen's most famous ventriloquist dummy and was part of his act starting in the 1920s. Bergen was so popular that he appeared regularly on the radio, which does not sound like a possible venue for a ventriloquist, but the joy of listening to them was in their personalities much more so than Bergen's skill as a ventriloquist, and in many of their appearances, Charlie McCarthy is treated as a real mischievous human boy, and not a ventriloquist's dummy. Edgar Bergen and Charlie appear most famously in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, Charlie McCarthy Detective, and Pure Feud Important Added Info: We don't know exactly what this was, but we would think it was either part of a standee or perhaps some sort of children's toy. It is a die-cut piece of heavy cardboard that has holes where the eyes and mouth are, and taped to the back is a large piece that has the eyes and mouth where they belong so that they appear from the front. There is also a small piece taped to the back that says "PATENT APPLIED FOR KETTERLINUS, PHILA. AND N.Y." Condition: fair. There are pieces taped to the back and there are also some pieces of tape on the back for reinforcement (this was once completely separated along the mouth area). The entire piece is fragile. Please do not bid on this item unless you can accept its significant defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades 
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