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Auction History Result 2b255 BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY linen style B 1/2sh 1949 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers dancing in New York Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Barkleys of Broadway, the 1949 Charles Walters New York City musical singing-and-dancing theater stage acting romantic comedy ("Joyously together again in MGM's New Technicolor Musical Hit!"; "Two dancing stars go to a gay party... And what looks like romantic trouble ahead!"; "Music by Harry Warren"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin") starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers (in the title roles as Josh and Dinah Barkley), Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale Robbins, Jacques Francois, George Zucco, and Clinton Sundberg. Note that this was the last of the ten wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made together (they made nine of them between 1933 and 1939, and then ten years later, they made this final movie). 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 one example of this style B half-sheet, and it sold for $266! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had some creases and scuffs on the folds, with some smudges, creases, and a few tears around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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