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Auction History Result 4t0064 GILDA GRAY stage show WC 1931 great full-length sexy portrait, she'll shake the town, rare! Date Sold 8/1/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Stage Show Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Gilda Gray was an actress from the 1920s to the 1930s. She had a fascinating life! She was born as Marianna Michalska in Poland in 1901 and her parents died, and she was adopted from an orphanage by a couple who took her to America in 1909, and had her singing in a saloon as a teen. She became a cabaret dancer in New York City, and she invented "The Shimmy", where she wiggled her hips and shoulders, while maintaining an innocent expression. This earned her the nickname of "The Shimmy Girl" and became a massive success, but she scandalized many people. Still, Miss Gray rode it to great fame, including appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922. She entered movies, and had success in the middle 1920s. But she lost her life savings in the 1929 Stock Market Crash, and in 1931, she had a heart attack, and she had also had three failed marriages. She made one more film appearance in 1936 and she filed for bankruptcy in 1941. In 1946, she sued Columbia Pictures, claiming that their hit "Gilda" was based on her life, and after eight years, she received a "substantial" out of court settlement. She passed away in 1959 from food poisoning at the age of 58. Surely a movie of her fascinating up-and-down life will be made someday! If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this window card! One of the years that the date on it correlates to is 1931, and that is the only one that makes sense for this card (because that was after she lost her money and had to do anything to make money), so we feel certain it is from 1931! Condition: fair to good. The poster has many creases and scuffs scattered throughout. Learn More about condition grades 
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