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Auction History Result 7a0473 SHOW BOAT LC 1929 Laura La Plante, Schildkraut, Ferber, Hammerstein & Kern, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Edna Ferber's Show Boat, the 1929 Harry A. Pollard epic romantic riverboat musical ("Carl Laemmle has the honor to present Universal's Motion Picture triumph"; "Carl Laemmle's Universal motion picture triumph!"; "The greatest show in theatrical history"; "Combined with the musical hits from the Ziegfeld stage production by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd"; "See and hear the original Ziegfeld stars"; "from the novel by Edna Ferber"; "From the stage play by Ziegfeld"; produced by Carl Laemmle; written by Oscar Hammerstein II, with music by Hammerstein and Jerome Kern) starring Laura La Plante (as Magnolia), Joseph Schildkraut, Otis Harlan, Alma Rubens, Emily Fitzroy, Jane La Verne, Helen Morgan, Jules Bledsoe, Tess Gardella (billed as "Aunt Jemima"), Stepin Fetchit, and the Plantation Singers (billed as "with the 'Plantation Singers' singing the songs that made them famous"). Note that this film was originally made as a silent film, but some hasty re-shoots and an added prologue were included in a part-talkie part-singing version that was released at the same time, but most of the talking and singing parts have been lost (but hopefully someone will rediscover them someday). Universal remade the movie in 1936, and that includes Paul Robeson singing "Ol' Man River", and it was remade again in 1951, but it is unlikely to ever be remade again, due to the unfortunate stereotypes of black African Americans presented in the movie (but which were accurate to how African Americans were treated at the time). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this lobby card! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: good to very good. The card has slightly darkened unevenly across the top and right borders, extending into parts of the solid colored border areas at top left and right. There are three tack holes in the bottom center of the inset image, touching the edge of the swing and in the grass below that, as well as a tack hole in the top right solid colored area. There are some faint creases around the edges and a few faint dot stains in the left of the bottom border. Note that this card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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