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Auction History Result 9t0416 MELODY IN SPRING LC 1934 Mary Boland & Ann Sothern playing accordions by Lanny Ross! Date Sold 9/28/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 13 1/2" [28 x 34 cm]) (Learn More) Melody in Spring, the 1934 Norman Z. McLeod romantic love triangle musical ("Love is in the air!"; "The musical tonic for Spring Fever!") starring Lanny Ross (billed as "Introducing Lanny Ross"; "Radio's 'Showboat' Singing Sensation"), Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Ann Sothern (in her third credited movie role!), and George Meeker. Note that this is a forgotten movie, but its star, Lanny Ross, has a most unusual background. He was born Lancelot Patrick Ross, and he was both a champion track athlete and a talented glee club singer at Yale University. He was studying law at Yale, and was slated to run at the Olympics, but he withdrew from the 1928 Olympics so that he could sing full time, and he never did practice law, and instead, he became a major radio singer in 1928, and in 1931, he started singing on the Maxwell House Show Boat radio program, and by 1934, he was voted the second best singer of popular songs in the entire U.S. (second only to Bing Crosby!). Naturally, that led him to movies, and this movie was his first, with a plot that only served to allow him to sing many songs. But while he made a few more movies, his first love was radio, and he stuck with that. He enlisted in the Army in World War II, becoming a major. He passed away in 1988 at the age of 82. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been trimmed and it now measures 11" x 13 1/2" [28 x 34 cm]. Also 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. Approximately 1/2" was trimmed from the left blank border and someone wrote play dates in blue paint at top center. Please look at our super-sized images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this card before placing a bid. 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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