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Auction History Result 6h0263 AMERICAN IN PARIS style B 1/2sh 1951 cool montage of Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron dancing, rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) An American in Paris, the 1951 Vincente Minnelli (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) France romantic love triangle musical comedy ("What a joy to see MGM's Color by Technicolor musical!"; "to the music of George Gershwin"; "Adventures of an ex-GI in the city of romance. Art Students' Ball biggest, most daring ever filmed. Screen's most spectacular musical!"; "Story and Screen Play by Alan Jay Lerner"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Gene Kelly (in the title role), Leslie Caron (billed as "and introducing Leslie Caron"), Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, and Nina Foch 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 we have only previously auctioned three examples of this style B half-sheet, and one of those examples has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still only one of three examples we have ever auctioned! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked in such a way that it can be sent rolled, we will do so (however, it will be rolled with the image outward, because paperbacked posters should always be rolled that way, while linen posters are always rolled with the image inward), and it will likely need to be sent in a 6" tube, because rolling it more tightly might damage the poster. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was folded once in each direction and it had tiny paper loss at the crossfold and some minor wear on the foldlines. It had a 1 1/2" tear in the left of the top border and a tape stain in the right of the top blank border. It had some creases and faint stains in the right of the bottom blank border and tiny pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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