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Auction History Result 4y0082 FOOTLIGHT VARIETIES linen 1sh 1951 Liberace, Jack Paar, RKO musical comedy compilation! Date Sold 7/7/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Footlight Varieties, the 1951 Hal Yates musical (this was a compilation of scenes from past RKO musical and comedy shorts, and they cleverly somewhat passed it off as a new movie!; "The screen's super vaudeville show!"; "What a screenshow! Big Comedy Musical Revue!"; "A new musical revue including highlights from RKO Film hits!"; "Gala 'stage show' on the screen!"; "Look at the names! Top Stars! Headline Acts!...The screen's big show-time cavalcade of sensations, jet-propelled for LAUGHS!"; "Stars of stage, screen, radio and night club in sensational songs, skits and specialties!... Fast-paced hour of exciting entertainment!") starring Leon Errol ("in 'He Forgot to Remember"), Jack Paar ("Master of Ceremonies"), The Sportsmen ("Novelty Quartette Numbers"), Liberace ("Sensation of the Keyboard"), Jerry Murad's Harmonicats ("and Two Terrific Tunes"), Frankie Carle ("and his Orchestra"), Red Buttons ("in his famous 'Autograph Book'"), Inesita ("sensational Spanish Dancer"), Buster West, Melissa Mason ("in a Dixieland Jamboree"), Grace Romanos ("Novelty Dance Presentation"), and Mamie Van Doren (in a bit part; billed as "Joan Olander"). Note that this was Red Buttons' first real movie appearance after two very minor appearances in the mid 1940s. 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 includes an image of a small black African-American child eating a large piece of watermelon, indicative of the racial prejudices and stereotypes of the time. Oddly, we can't even determine that he appeared in the movie (perhaps he had a minor role in one of the many segments in the movie). Fortunately, we will never see such stereotypes anymore. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and creases, tears, and smudges in the left half of the bottom fold, and some in the other folds, with pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. 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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