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AUTOGRAPHED Marta Eggerth SIGNED Lobby Card HER WONDERFUL LIE (1949) Vintage Original Release! aka Addio Mimí! Just LOOK at how lovely young Marta was, stunning beauty and voice! I got this autograph in person at her home when I was invited over after interviewing her about working with Judy Garland & Gene Kelly!
This 11 x 14 inch Lobby Card would look great framed on display in your home theater or to add to your portfolio or scrapbook! Some dealers buy my lots (see my other sales) to break up and sell separately at classic film conventions at much higher prices than my low minimum. A worthy investment for gift giving too!
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This LOBBY CARD is an studio release (vintage, from the original Hollywood studio/distributor original) and not a digital copy or reproduction printing.
DESCRIPTION:
“Addio Mimi! (released in the U.S. in 1949 as \"Her Wonderful Lie\"), the 1947 Carmine Gallone Italian romantic musical (\"Exciting love... set to immortal love music!\"; loosely based on Puccini\'s opera \"La Boheme\", about a doomed romance) starring Marta Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Janis Carter, John Abbott, Marc Platt, Constance Dowling Milada Mladova, Isobel Elsom, Sterling Holloway, and Franklin Pangborn”
CONDITION:
This quality vintage and original release Lobby Card is in Near MINT condition except for some mild patina (hand dirt marks/aging) along the right edge border and minor edge bumps - otherwise it would be PERFECT), it has sharp, crisp details and it is not a digital or a repro copy. (SEE PHOTO) It came from the studio to the theater and then went into storage… I now offer these choice items for sale on a first come, first service basis to the highest buyer.
SHIPPING:
Well packed with plenty of sturdy reinforcement, USPS Ground Advantage rate (which includes up to $100 free insurance) approximately $6.50 and takes 2-5 days –or- Priority box 2-4 days, $9-20 (depending on weight and size). International shipping would be based on the weight and much more expensive.
PAYMENTS:
Please pay via and I will be happy to combine shipping to save you some bucks! All of my items are unconditionally guaranteed. E-mail me with any questions you may have. This is Larry41, wishing you great movie memories and good luck…
BACKGROUND:
“From the day she was born Martha lived in a world of music. For sure her father was a banker, but he was also an amateur pianist. As for her mother, she was a housewife but also a very talented opera singer who had given up her career for the joys of matrimony and motherhood. It does not come as a surprise, under such circumstances, that the little girl\'s singing capacities were soon discovered. At eight she was already on a scene singing an aria from \"The Barber of Seville\". A critic attended the show and was impressed by her performance. He introduced her to the director of the Magyar Theater, where she landed her first contract. As of the age of 10 she was hailed as Hungary\'s \"national idol\". And it was not long before her triumph became international. An operetta, \"Pogasza\", was written specially for the crystal-clear-voiced little singer. Among others, she played the role of the doll in \"Tales of Hoffmann\" and starred in \"Das Veilchen vom Montmartre\" by Kalman. With the advent of sound films, she found herself very much in demand in the 1930s, bringing her beautiful voice and looks to yet more delighted viewers. It is on the set of \"Mein Herz ruft nach dir\" that she met Jan Kiepura, another successful opera and operetta singer. Although it was not love at first sight, Jan and Martha gradually fell in love, married two years later, had two sons and were separated only by death with the demise of Jan in 1966. In 1938, the couple fled Austria after its annexation by Hitler and settled down in the South of France first then in the USA. Martha made fewer movies but kept on singing. For instance she co-starred in \"The merry Widow\" in Broadway for three years with Jan Kiepura. She became an American citizen in the fifties and lived in Rye, New York. She passed away December 26, 2013 (aged 101.)”
