Vintage '49 Change of Heart Hit Parade of 1943 Movie Insert Poster Susan Hayward

Description

ITEM: This is a movie "insert poster" for the Republic Picture 1949 film re-release of "Change of Heart." The rare vintage and original poster has a bevy of still publicity photos from the musical movie starring John Carroll and Susan Hayward. This was one of many films made by Republic attached to the "Hit Parade" title, followed by a year, which came from a radio show of the same name. On reissue, all of the entries underwent a title change from "Hit Parade of 19??" to, usually, a title of a song contained in the film, as happened in the case of this film when it was reissued as "Change of Heart" in 1949, and not known under that title until 1949.
Not reissuing the film under the original title of "Hit Parade of 1943" had a two-fold purpose; the audiences of that era were not much interested in seeing a film twice, and a changed title - even when the original title was clearly shown in small print in the ads and on the posters - had a chance of being seen again by that segment of the ticket-buying public who didn't read the small print.
The plot here is just a trifle - Susan Hayward ghost writes songs for composer John Carroll, whose charms evidently outweighed his song-writing ability - played in and around some great singing and dancing numbers by, for its time, a large number of black performers including Dorothy Dandridge, Count Basie, dancing by the great Jack Williams and the team of "Pops & Louie"(Albert Whitman and Louis Williams)and others, including Spanish dancer Chinita Marin, billed as Chinita. The song "Change of Heart", by Jule Styne and Harold Adamson, was Oscar-nominated, and also became the title of the film on 1949 reissue. Walter Scharf also was Oscar-nominated for Best Scoring of a Musical. Republic seldom got two nominations in any single year, much less two in the same film. - from IMDb
Measures 14" x 35".
CONDITION: This original vintage poster is in good to very good condition with general storage/handling wear, some overall toning. Has five horizontal creases - three at the original mailing folds and 2 on the upper and lower edges where heavy paper tape was applied from the verso. Has a one inch tear on the right edge at the center mailing fold. Please use the included images as a conditional guide.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.