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Auction History Result 6j272 ON YOUR TOES style B 1/2sh '39 Eddie Albert, wonderful image of sexy dancer Vera Zorina! Date Sold 11/22/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) On Your Toes, the 1939 Ray Enright musical ballet romantic comedy ("Based on the musical play by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott"; about a male vaudeville dancer who quits to become a serious composer, and then he finds out that one of his female friends from vaudeville has now become a ballet dancer, and he writes a ballet for her) starring Vera Zorina (billed as "Zorina"), Eddie Albert, Alan Hale Sr., Frank McHugh, James Gleason, Leonid Kinskey, Gloria Dickson, and Erik Rhodes. Note that this musical, with music by Rodgers and Hart, was a huge success on Broadway, and the first show to incorporate ballet dancing (with choreography by George Abbott). The star of the Broadway show was Ray Bolger, and Louis B. Mayer signed Bolger to a Hollywood contract, but apparently passed on this musical, perhaps afraid of the ballet connection. So Warner Bros. bought the rights, and they couldn't have Bolger, so they used Eddie Albert instead. The movie did quite well, and its most memorable song is "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue". Also note that star Vera Zorina was a German ballet star hired by Sam Goldwyn after he saw her in an English production of the stage version of this movie, and he brought her to Hollywood. She had a few successful movies, including this one, but after being cast as Maria in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 1943, she was fired after two weeks, and she left Hollywood a few years later. 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 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 has darkened somewhat (typical of Warner Bros. linen-type posters and lobby cards from this era). There is separation and small paper loss at the crossfold at center and at some of the ends of the foldlines and there are a few 1 1/2" and smaller tears around the edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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