JOAN FONTAINE ball gown & jewels still SERENADE vintage original 1956 Near MINT

(This looks MUCH better than this pictures above. The circle with the words, "scanned for eBay, Larry41" does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed them on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged.)JOAN FONTAINE ball gown & jewels still SERENADE vintage original 1956 Near MINTThe circle with the words, "scanned for eBay, Larry41" does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed it on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged. This would look great framed on display in your home theater or to add to your portfolio or scrapbook! A worthy investment for gift giving too!PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE ALL PICTURES LOAD After checking out this item please look at my other unique silent motion picture memorabilia and Hollywood film collectibles! SHIPPING COST CAN BE CUT WHEN SHIPING MULTIPLE ITEMS TOGETHER AND SAVE $ See a gallery of pictures of my other auctions HERE!This photograph is a real photo chemical created picture (vintage, from the Hollywood studio release) and not a copy or reproduction.DESCRIPTION:In this 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann, Mario Lanza romances two women -- one a socialite who jilts him and another a bullfighter's daughter who accepts him -- and rumbles the rafters with 15 songs. The love story is average; the singing is sensational. While all of the spine-tingling drama is taking place, the raison d'être of the film, the real reason Hollywood bothered to make it, presents itself. It is, of course, Lanza's voice, the voice exalted by tenors Placido Domingo and José Carreras and the voice credited with motivating tenor Richard Leech to pursue an opera career. During the film's two-hour running time, Lanza sings arias by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Giordano, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Cilea, and Richard Strauss, as well as popular songs by Sammy Kahn and Nicholas Brodzky. He also sings a beautiful, echoing "Ave Maria," by Franz Schubert, in a Mexican church. Unfortunately, Lanza lip-synchs his numbers, and sometimes his lips move behind or ahead of the words. Also, he gains weight during the film -- a not uncommon problem for him during the making of his movies, given his enormous appetite that would call for as many two dozen eggs and a pound of bacon for breakfast. Consequently, he appears svelte and slender singing one aria and porcine and puffy in the next. But the film works because it sings, and there was no other film star who could sing quite like Lanza.CONDITION:This still is in Near MINT condition (old, with small tiny flaws if any). I doubt there is a better condition still on this title anywhere! Finally, this is a vintage original. (This is NOT a cheap digital dupe, a re-release or copy, it is a real vintage photograph made the year of the release of the film.) It is worth more than $10-25 but since I have recently acquired two huge collections from life-long movie buffs who collected for decades... I need to offer these choice items for sale on a first come, first service basis to the highest bidder.SHIPPING:Domestic shipping would be FIRST CLASS and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to three quarters of a pound with even more extra ridge packing.PAYMENTS:Please 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: Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, Joan Fontaine began her acting career in her late teens with various West Coast stage companies under the name Joan Burfield. She also used that name when she made her 1935 feature film debut in No More Ladies, in which she had a minor role. The daughter of '40s actress Lilian Fontaine, she returned to the screen as Joan Fontaine after two more years of stage work, although appearing primarily in B-movies. Two exceptions were A Damsel in Distress (1937) opposite Fr... read more