GLASS SLIPPER 1955 Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding Jon Whitcomb US 1-SHEET POSTER

Original U.S. 27 inch x 41 inch 1-Sheet Poster for the 1955 Charles Walters Musical Romance THE GLASS SLIPPER, written by Helen Deutsch and starring Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood, Elsa Lanchester, Barry Jones and Amanda Blake.

Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince’s ball.

Poster art by Jon Whitcomb (1906 - 1988). Jon Whitcomb was an American illustrator born in Weatherford, Oklahoma and grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Ohio State University with a major in English. He was well known for his pictures of glamorous young women.
Whitcomb started drawing illustrations for student publications while a student at Ohio State, and worked summers painting posters for a theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. After he graduated, Jon found work making travel and theater posters and advertising illustrations. In 1934 he moved to New York City and joined with Al Cooper to found the Cooper Studio. Whitcomb was a pioneer in the switch from oil to gouache for illustrations. The different qualities of gouache compared to oil led to changes in the design of Whitcomb's illustrations. He zoomed in on people, usually pretty, young city women, and reduced the background to simple design elements. His new style of illustrations soon appeared in Collier's Weekly, Good Housekeeping and other magazines.
During World War II Whitcomb was commissioned a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the United States Navy. After a variety of duties, he was assigned as a combat artist for the invasions of Tinian, Saipan, and Peleliu.
After the war Whitcomb produced a series of articles and sketches about Hollywood stars for Cosmopolitan, called "On Location with Jon Whitcomb". He continued to produce story illustrations and covers for magazines, including McCall's and Playboy. He wrote some short stories, two children's books, Coco, and Pom Pom's Christmas, and a book on glamour, All About Girls. He was one of the founding faculty of the Famous Artists School.

The poster is in very good folded condition with very minor edge wear and a few minor cross fold tears.