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Auction History Result 9k069 GYPSY special 30x40 poster 1962 see the movie, hear the soundtrack, read the book! Date Sold 9/7/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Folded Special Promotional Thirty by Forty Movie Poster (30x40; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Gypsy, the 1962 Mervyn LeRoy musical biography ("Warner Bros. presents all the heart and happiness of the Broadway hit..."; "The girl who became the greatest show in show business."; "Everything's coming up roses for you and for you!"; "See the motion picture Hear the soundtrack stereo album Read the book"; "Based upon the play 'Gypsy.'"; "Book by Arthur Laurents"; "Music by Jule Styne"; "Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim"; "Based upon the Memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee"; of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee) starring Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood (in the title role "as Gypsy Rose Lee"), Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, and Betty Bruce. Note that Gypsy Rose Lee (whose life story was highly fictionalized in this movie) was born in 1911 to the ultimate stage mother, who devoted her life to trying to give her two daughters successful careers in show business (at the time, primarily in vaudeville). Gypsy Rose Lee's birth name was Rose Louise Hovick, but she was called Louise from an early age, and her mother successfully got her a vaudeville career, sometimes with her sister, and sometimes solely by herself. In 1937, at the age of 26, she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox under her mostly real name of Louise Hovick, and she appeared in "Ali Baba Goes to Town" and five more movies in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Her sister broke off contact with both her and her mother, and became the actress June Havoc. While Gypsy Rose Lee did not have a memorable film career, her turbulent and exciting private life (and the play and movie based on it) has made her a household name, even to this day! 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 this is a special 30" x 40" poster (printed on thin paper, and folded like a regular one-sheet) designed to promote the release of the soundtrack album, the novelization of the movie, and the movie itself. The poster would have hung in movie theater lobbies, in the hopes that those who just saw the movie would then go out and buy either the album or the book! We have only auctioned one other example of this poster. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube, but it could be re-folded if the new owner desires. Condition: very good to fine. The poster has the most minor fold and border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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