KerrisdaleGallery.com – Stock ID#MPLCx8LIL52ph – “Lili” (1952, MGM, USA, NSS#52/437)- Original Vintage Movie Poster Lobby Cards, Set of 8 – full view – Romantic musical starring Leslie Caron, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mel Ferrer. Directed by Charles Walters.

KerrisdaleGallery.com – Stock ID#MPLCx8LIL52ph – “Lili” (1952, MGM, USA, NSS#52/437)- Original Vintage Movie Poster Lobby Cards, Set of 8 – view of reverse sides to show condition – Romantic musical starring Leslie Caron, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mel Ferrer. Directed by Charles Walters.

Movie Poster 11x14 Lobby Card Set of 8

LILI

• 1952
• MGM
• U.S.A.
• Genre: Romance, Musical, Drama, Hollywood Classic
• Director: Charles Walters
• Cast:

  Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jean Pierre Aumont

Original Vintage Movie Poster Lobby Cards: "Lili" (1952, MGM, each 11 x 14 inches, glossy paper) USA, Set of 8, each with a caption, National Screen Service/NSS# 52/437

About:

A naive French girl joins a carnival, makes friends with four cute puppet characters and, through them, develops an emotional relationship with the lonely puppeteer. Heart-warming and charming Hollywood classic earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Condition:

Near Mint - with bright colours and clean overall appearance on glossy paper with no pinholes and minor areas of edgewear. When held at an angle, the glossiness of the paper shows handling marks.

Text and Credits as stated in poster image:

Set of 8 Lobby Cards, each captioned as follows - 1: Lili (Leslie Caron) in a delightful bit of byplay with two of the charming puppets used in her act -- Carrot-Top and Marguerite. 2: Marc, the carnival magician (Jean Pierre Aument) uses the assistance of the beautiful Rosalie (Zsa Zsa Gabor) for his magic act. 3: The irresistable charm of Marc (Jean Pierre Aumont), the handsome carnival magician, captures the heart of delightful but naïve Lili (Leslie Caron). 4: Rosalie (Zsa Zsa Gabor) sarcastically tells the lovesick Lili (Leslie Caron) that Marc the magician cares only for her. 5: A dream sequence "Puppet Ballet" danced by Lili (Leslie Caron) and her puppet friends provides a delightful Technicolor treat. 6: Paul (Mel Ferrer), who has used his puppets to express his love for Lili (Leslie Caron), finds the task difficult in person. 7: Tempers flare between love rivals, Lili (Leslie Caron) and Rosalie (Zsa Zsa Gabor), as Paul (Mel Ferrer) and Jacquot (Kurt Kaszner), look on interestedly. 8: Lili (Leslie Caron) realizes that she loves Paul (Mel Ferrer) and the cute puppets look on approvingly.

As printed in bottom margin, including copyright:

BOTTOM MARGIN, UNDER IMAGE: ©1952 Loew's Inc M-G-M's "LILI" Color by Technicolor 52/437

Gallery Notes:

These original vintage movie poster One-Sheets and Lobby Cards are offered for sale to the public for the first time as posted to this website, KerrisdaleGallery.com. They have been stored away for almost forty years, having been purchased from a travelling salesman who who visited our retail store in the early 1980’s. The salesman explained that his acquaintances purchased a building in Los Angeles and found a stash of vintage movie posters which had been stored at some point in time, and forgotten. To sell the movie posters, the salesman filled his van and made a road trip up the West Coast and across the border into Canada. So we bought his story and the last of his inventory.

• The movie posters are being sold “as is” with the Condition described honestly and in detail.
• Movie Poster One Sheets have been folded and will ship flat in the same folded manner as they have been stored.
• One Sheets may benefit from restoration, which involves first mounting the poster to acid-free paper then mounting it onto a linen backing. Reputable companies providing restoration service may be researched and located online.
• Please know that vintage movie posters were printed as inexpensive advertising and were not intended to be preserved into the future as cherished works of art reflecting a specific time, which is what they have become. As such, most of them were handled or stored with indifference and have been lost or destroyed. Surviving authentic vintage movie posters could have their pinholes, stains and handling marks be considered their “beauty marks”, as this is evidence of their rich history of being printed, distributed and exhibited to be gazed upon by unknown numbers of movie-goers of a previous generation.