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Auction History Result

8j840 RIO RITA LC 1929 Bebe Daniels grabbing John Boles' arm, cool border showgirls image!

Date Sold 8/7/2018
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More)

Ziegfeld's Rio Rita, the 1929 Luther Reed epic romantic musical comedy ("Ziegfeld's colossal girl - music spectacle"; "Ziegfelds's fabulous all-talking, all-singing super screen spectacle"; "Radio's picture of the century"; "You'll see and hear these myriad wonders in the wonder show of the ages."; "Bebe Daniels a sensation as she sings the stirring love songs..."; "John Boles screen's greatest tenor..."; "Bert Wheeler's bouncing comedy..."; "Dorothy Lee.. Robert Woolsey and a thousand other operatic voices and glorified beauties in gorgeous costumes and settings"; "The motion picture of the century... the Eighth Wonder of the World"; "Mammoth scenes in Technicolor"; "Story by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson"; one of the earliest big budget musicals of the sound era, the first from RKO Radio; as usual, there is a throwaway plot involving Bebe Daniels as a Hispanic girl with a notorious bandit brother, which serves to tie together the many songs, and Wheeler & Woolsey are along for comic relief; the movie was a huge success, and after this movie, Wheeler & Woolsey appeared in a string of movies together throughout the 1930s) starring Bebe Daniels (in the title role as Rita Ferguson), John Boles, Bert Wheeler & Robert Woolsey (Wheeler & Woolsey), Dorothy Lee, and Don Alvarado. Note that this movie contained a Technicolor sequence, and it still exists. Also note that the movie was remade in 1942, with Abbott & Costello in the Wheeler & Woolsey roles!
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Important Added Info: 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: fair to good. The card was displayed and the reds in the card faded considerably. The card was likely attached to a board at one time and it was removed, leaving slight residue on the back of the card, but it is not sticky. It appears that someone bleached the card, which also could have accounted for the fading. There are two pieces of brown tape on the back of the top border, where the card was attached to a mat.
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