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Auction History Result 2a0361 HOLLYWOOD REVUE insert 1929 great image of 2 sexy showgirls over a chorus of 200, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) The Hollywood Revue (also released as "Hollywood Revue of 1929"), the 1929 Charles Reisner MGM all-star musical ("All-Talking All-Singing All-Dancing"; "25 Stars and Chorus of 200"; "The last word in motion pictures"; "Dances and ensembles by Sammy Lee"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Marion Davies, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer (Shearer and Gilbert do a scene from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet!), William Haines, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, Bessie Love, Charles King, Conrad Nagel, Marie Dressler, Jack Benny (as Master of Ceremonies), Gus Edwards, Karl Dane, George K. Arthur (Dane and Arthur), Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy), Cliff Edwards (billed as "Ukelele Ike"), Anita Page, Polly Moran, Gwen Lee, The Brox Sisters, Albertina Rasch Ballet, Natacha Nattova & Co, The Rounders, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Dvorak, The Mawby Triplets, and Conrad Nagel (as Master of Ceremonies), "and a chorus of 200". Note that this was an all-star MGM production, with all of their top stars at the time, but it is best remembered today for being the movie that introduced the classic Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown song, "Singin' in the Rain"! Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! 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 poster (for $551), and that poster has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Also, the poster has never been folded and is unbacked, but because of its age, we would much prefer to send it in a large flat package, because we fear that rolling it could potentially harm the poster, and it would surely be safe in a large flat package. Bear this in mind before placing a bid on this poster. Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had some stains scattered down the left blank border very slightly touching the edge of the image in two small places. It had tiny paper loss in the bottom left corner. It had a 3" tear in the lower left border and a 1 1/2" tear in the lower right border, and both have a piece of tape on the back. It has some slight discoloration scattered in the left and right white background areas. This great (and incredibly rare) poster could certainly be displayed and enjoyed exactly as it is, or one could choose to have restoration performed to the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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