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Auction History Result g482 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN linen one-sheet movie poster '52 Gene Kelly Date Sold 12/19/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. The poster had several small tears and tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and very tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. There were a few creases tiny tears on some foldlines. There were pinholes, smudges, creases, and small tears around the edges of the poster and some smudges in the white background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but the restorer did minimal restoration and you can still see the defects described above. If I owned this great poster, I would surely immediately have it properly re-backed. After proper restoration, the poster will look fantastic, and there really will be little paint restoration in the image! Learn More about condition grades 
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