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Auction History Result 2g034 TOP HAT insert '35 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers are dancing in a glorious show, great image! Date Sold 9/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Top Hat, the 1935 Mark Sandrich romantic singing-and-dancing musical comedy ("Ladies and Gentlemen, here's a Show!"; "America's happy dancing stars are here in a glorious show!"; "See them dance the reckless 'Piccolino,' this gay nation's new ballroom adventure!"; "... Hear the songs you can't forget!"; "The king and queen of rhythm on a joyous jamboree!"; "Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin"; "See them dance the sensational Piccolino"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, and Lucille Ball (in a bit part as a flower clerk). Note that this was the one of the nine wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made between 1933 and 1939 (they made one final movie, "The Barkleys of Broadway", fourteen years later in 1949). 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: 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. The poster has two horizontal folds. It had 4" of separation at the left of the bottom fold (no paper loss) and 1/2" of separation at the left and right of the top fold, with tiny surface paper loss on that foldline. There was a 9" uneven tear in the left border running through the left of the bottom of the top hat, and then going at a diagonal through the background above the word "happy" and then going through the "y" of "happy" and into the background, ending in the "s" of "glorious". Someone repaired that tear from the reverse and did slight touch up to the front of that area. There were some smudges and faint stains around the edges of the poster and in the bottom right corner. There were some creases and small tears around the edges, and someone did restoration to the back of most of them. Note that the poster displays pretty well just as it is, in spite of the above defects, and in fact, it WAS displayed for many years on the consignor's wall! I can well imagine many collectors being happy to display it just as it is, but certainly, modern restorers can remove many of the faint smudges and stains described above, and after expert restoration, the poster will look really wonderful. But either way, I am already envious of the new owner of this great and rare poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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