Cyd Charisse in Fiesta and The Unfinished Dance (MGM, 1948)...

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Cyd Charisse in Fiesta and The Unfinished Dance (MGM, 1948), On an Island with You and Words and Music (MGM, 1948), Meet Me in Las Vegas (MGM, 1956), Party Girl (MGM, 1958), Black Tights (British Lion Films, 1961), and Two Weeks in Another Town (MGM, 1962), 8" x 10" Key Set Photographs (80+), and Color Transparencies (10+). Vintage gelatin silver glossy 8" x 10" key set portrait gallery photographs of Cyd Charisse in Fiesta and The Unfinished Dance by Eric Carpenter (5), Words and Music (4), On an Island with You (8) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (10+), East Side, West Side (2), Meet Me in Las Vegas (9), Party Girl (4), portraits (MGM, 1950s) (35+), with Moira Shearer and Zizi Jeanmaire in Black Tights (15+), 8" x 10" (67, 5" x 7" (6), and 4" x 5" (2) color (some camera) transparencies from Sombrero (MGM, 1953), and Two Weeks in Another Town by Apger, and Deep in My Heart (MGM, 1954) by Carpenter, with credit and caption stamp on the verso. Very Fine, with key set number in ink on the recto margin of some. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Cyd Charisse was MGM's quintessential dance star—statuesque, enigmatic, and physically commanding. This archive showcases her career from postwar Technicolor musicals to high-style dramatic roles, captured by leading studio portraitists Carpenter, Bull, and Apger. The inclusion of portraits from Fiesta, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Party Girl, and the ballet anthology Black Tights reflects her broad stylistic range, from romantic leads to avant-garde performance.
The transparencies, many from Sombrero and other color productions, reveal the Technicolor glamour with which Charisse became synonymous. Together, this archive serves as both a visual biography of Charisse and a testament to the MGM publicity machine at its most visually refined. A premier photographic record of one of cinema's most stylized and enduring dancers.


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