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Auction History Result 5z259 TONIGHT & EVERY NIGHT Belgian '40s sexy showgirl Rita Hayworth shows legs, plus headshot! Date Sold 1/1/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated Original (probably later 1940s, from the first Belgian release) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]) (Learn More) Tonight and Every Night, the 1945 Victor Saville World War II (WWII) London England theater stage acting romantic musical ("The musical drama of your dreams!"; "The screen's first great dramatic musical!"; "You have a date with a beautiful picture! The first great dramatic musical... in Technicolor"; "Whirling its wonderful way into your heart!"; "Songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn"; about a photographer for Life Magazine who goes to England to do a story about an acting troupe that managed to never miss a performance throughout the war, despite England being bombed!; the story is told in flashback, kind of like Citizen Kane, and you learn of the great romance between the star actress of the troupe and an English aviator) starring Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, Lee Bowman, Marc Platt, Leslie Brooks, Florence Bates, Professor Lamberti (as the Fred the magician, The Great Waldo), and Shelley Winters (in one of her very early uncredited roles). Note that Shelley Winters was a struggling young actress when this movie was made, and her sexy looks got her a bunch of uncredited parts. In this one, she was "Bubbles". 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: This poster is printed on the back of part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]. 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. Condition: good to very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). There are some creases throughout the poster from it being oddly folded at one time. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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