folded poster ORIGINAL Ernst Lubitsch NINOTCHKA 1939 / R1962 USA1sht GRETA GARBO

Description

Original Folded 1962 Theater Re-issue one sheet poster, sent to film cinemas, in envelopes, in the United States for marketing purposes. This USA one sheet was sent to theaters in DENMARK (see custom stamp). Condition is VERY GOOD+, with no visible pin holes. Original folds and natural edgewear. Rich Bright Colors! FAST DELIVERY.
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1939 / R-1962
.  Director : Ernst Lubitsch co-Written by : Billy Wilder
- Cast :
GRETA GARBO, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi -
TAGLINE :
"
GARBO LAUGHS!
"
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PLOT SUMMARY :
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. "Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. So the three Russians who have come to sell the jewels settle into the suite until a higher ranking official is dispatched to find out what is delaying the sale. She is Ninotchka, a no nonsense woman who fascinates Count Leon who had been the faithful retainer of the Grand Duchess. The Grand Duchess will give up all claim to the jewels if Ninotchka will fly away from the count." The film received Four Academy Award Nominations including BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTRESS, Best Original Writing Story, Best Screenplay Writing. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : The tagline "Garbo laughs!" was created before the screenplay was written; the film was built around that single, now legendary, slogan. This slogan was itself a reference to another legendary advertising slogan about Greta Garbo. Garbo, a famous leading lady of the silent film era, made her first talking picture, Anna Christie (1930). That film was advertised, to great success, with the slogan "Garbo Talks!". When she made this comedy the "Garbo Laughs!" tagline resonated with her fans. The movie was banned in the Soviet Union and its satellite states. The review of "Ninotchka" in Time Magazine was written by Whittaker Chambers. Chambers had been an undercover spy for Russia until 1938. Of course, his relationship to Russia and Communism was not known when he wrote his review. Chambers went on to become famous when, in 1948, he accused Alger Hiss of being a spy. Studio publicity information indicates that for the first time in her career as an actress, Garbo attended the preview screenings of the film, one of which took place in Long Beach, where Garbo reportedly stood in line to buy tickets for fifteen minutes before anyone recognized her. Allegedly, after a test screening of "Ninotchka", one audience member wrote on the preview card: "I laughed so hard, I peed in my girlfriend's hand!"