Rosalie

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film, showing an elaborate musical sequence, with actress Eleanor Powell perched on an oversized drum at the stage's nexus. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

Based on the 1928 Broadway play by Guy Bolton, about a West Point football star who falls in love with a princess in disguise. Written by Cole Porter, the drum sequence featured in the photograph on offer was one of the largest musical sequences ever set to celluloid at the time of the film's release.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.

[Book #167287]