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Auction History Result 5a0228 AT THE CIRCUS TC 1939 wonderful Hirschfeld art of The Marx Bros, Groucho, Chico & Harpo, rare! Date Sold 7/12/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) At the Circus, the 1939 Edward Buzzell musical circus screwball comedy ("Keep the world laughing!") starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx), Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Margaret Dumont, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, and Charles Gemora (as Gibraltar the gorilla). Note that this was the movie where the Marx Brothers sing the song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"! Also note that MGM initially was going to call this movie "A Day at the Circus" (to capitalize on the success of "A Day at the Races"), but that title was dropped (although it is on a few stills). There was a working title of "Marx Bros At the Circus" that is also on some stills, but not the 1939 posters or lobby cards. To make things confusing, when MGM re-released the movie in 1962, the advertising made it look like the title of the movie was "Marx Bros At the Circus". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Al Hirschfeld Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two different examples of this 1939 first release title card (and one of those cards was consigned to us a second time), so this is only the third example of this card we have ever auctioned in all our years of auctioning! 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: very good to fine. There is a tiny tear in the upper left blank border with a 1/4" crease running to the right of that tear. There is a tiny scuff in the left of the top blank border, with a thin strip of slight darkening in the extreme outer edges of parts of the blank borders, and a few tiny creases in the lower right blank border. There is a faint smudge in the lower right blank white background to the right of the elephant's leg. Other than the above extremely minor defects (which only affect blank white areas), the card is in excellent condition! Note that this 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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