Lot 598
MGM's Top Talent, c. 1949. Two-page magazine photograph of MGM's top 58 stars, 13 x 20¾ in. Eighteen signed by their images. They are: Frank Sinatra, Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, Janet Leigh, Red Skelton, Alexis Smith, Ginger Rogers, Peter Lawford, June Allyson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven (with Good luck), Ricardo Montalban, Keenan Wynn, Betty Garrett, Van Heflin, Howard Keel, Christopher Kent, Audrey Trotter, and Clinton Sundberg. The legend under the photograph says, "This picture represents the greatest assemblage of talent under one movie-studio roof. There are 58 stars, featured players and Lassie--all either under contract to MGM or currently making pictures there."
Some of the other stars in the picture are: Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore, Mary Astor, Gene Kelly, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Jeanette MacDonald, Ann Miller, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Sothern, Robert Taylor, Esther Williams, Kathryn Grayson, and Dean Stockwell. Lassie is at front center. The pages are yellowed at both ends of the border; there is a hole at the top of the seam, affecting Clinton Sundberg's face; and the lower corners are missing, affecting nothing. An assemblage of great talent, suitable for framing.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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