Nick and Nora Charles Skelton and Ann Solthen, posters by Jacques Kapralik.

Nick and Nora Charles Valentine card by MGM cartoonist Jacques KapralikOriginal vintage movie trade ad for the 1942 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Panama Hattie based on the Broadway musical of the same name and directed by Norman Z. McLeod with the cast including Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Rags Ragland, Ben Blue and Marsha Hunt. Classic artwork by Jacques Kapralik depicting Red Skelton and Ann Sothern sailing on a music note. Lithographed In USA. Jacques Kapralik was a Romanian American caricaturist best remembered for his work with MGM in the 1940s. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Kapralik came to the United States in 1936. He specialized in designing miniature models resembling film stars, which were then photographed against backgrounds giving a three-dimensional effect. Although Kapralik's work occasionally appeared onscreen in films such as Presenting Lily Mars, most of his output was devoted to publicity materials in trade magazine ads and press kits. Kapralik died in 1960, in Los Angeles, California.Year of ⁵printing: 1942, country of printing: USA, designer: Jacques Kapralik.