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Auction History Result 2h0579 ZIEGFELD FOLLIES signed LC #5 1945 by Fred Astaire, who's w/Gene Kelly, plus Esther Williams! Date Sold 6/12/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Movie Lobby Card #5 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Ziegfeld Follies, the 1945 Vincente Minnelli all-star musical comedy ("Greatest production since the birth of motion pictures!"; "MGM's Greatest show of stage and screen"; "James Melton & Marion Bell - Love songs, dance and spectacle in a midnight masquerade!"; "Fred Astaire & Lucille Bremer thrillingly dance into your heart in 'This Heart of Mine'!"; Fred Astaire & Lucille Bremer in 'Limehouse Blues'... A love-dream in moody Chinatown!"; "Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly in 'The Babbitt and The Bromide'... Terrific tapping twosome in a grand Gershwin number!"; Victor Moore & Edward Arnold - They don't pay the two dollars... But deliver two thousand laughs!"; showing Flo Ziegfeld looking down from heaven and organizing the ultimate musical!) starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball ("Whip-wielding Queen of the Gorgeous Panther Girls!"), Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice ("wins the sweepstake in uproarious comedy sketch!"), Judy Garland ("sings to thrill you in a de luxe dancing sketch!"), Kathryn Grayson ("sings the Grand Finale, a high note of melody and Technicolor magic!"), Lena Horne ("makes 'Love' a sultry song sensation!"), Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, Red Skelton ("shows what might happen... 'When Television Comes!'"), Esther Williams ("Beauty in an underwater wonder-world!"), Marion Bell, Cyd Charisse, Hume Cronyn, William Frawley, William Powell ("as the Great Ziegfeld plans his greatest show!"; as Flo Ziegfeld), Keenan Wynn ("makes a phone call. It's a long-distance laugh-riot!"), Virginia O'Brien, Eddie Cantor, Robert Lewis, and "Bunin's Puppets". Note that this movie is the one that has the only joint dancing appearance of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire! Also note that this movie had a huge number of "Ziegfeld Girls" appearing throughout, and most of them were unknown beautiful young girls who were "gleaned from college campus, the stage, department stores, modeling salons, everywhere"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been personally autographed (signed) by Fred Astaire! Note that this is a great set of lobby cards, where every card has a different central image, and two different border images of stars from the movie! This particular card has border images of Esther Williams! 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. Note that this signed lobby card (and 63 others) comes from the collection of the late Bob Colman, owner of the Hollywood Poster Exchange store in Los Angeles for decades. What made this store so wonderful for collectors was that Mr. Colman sold the legendary "Cozy Theatre" collection, which he purchased (with a partner) in 1968, and it took over 30 years for him to sell the contents of that single collection, and many of the items contained in it were stamped with "Cozy Theatre" on the back, so they are easily identifiable today. But Mr. Colman was also well known for having Hollywood celebrities shop at his store, where they would often look to purchase items from movies they had appeared in. When a celebrity would come in, Mr. Colman would locate a lobby card from his inventory and ask the celebrity to sign it. Sometimes they would personalize it to him, sometimes to his wife, Janet, and sometimes they would simply sign their name. This lobby card comes from the estate of Bob Colman and was signed by the celebrity in his presence, and personalized to Mr. Colman. We do not have a certificate of authenticity, but we are certain the autograph is genuine (and the lobby card has great provenance)! As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good to fine. There is a small tear in the lower left border and a few other minor blank border defects. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Note that this lobby 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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