Object Details
Published by
United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
Distributed by
National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
Subject of
Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
Description
A lobby card for the movie Anna Lucasta directed by Arnold Laven. The card is comprised of a color image set in the interior of a restaurant and a woman (Eartha Kitt) wearing a yellow dress is sitting on a table near a small oil lamp with a man dressed as a sailor (Sammy Davis Jr.) standing by her side. He is talking to another man (Henry Scott) also dressed as a sailor. In the background a red wall and a wooden booth and table with a checked tablecloth is visible as is a doorway. In the proper left bottom corner there is an orange text box that reads [PHILIP YORDAN'S / Anna Lucasta / starring / EARTHA KITT / SAMMY DAVIS, JR. / as "Danny"]. Beneath the image at the bottom left corner is [Copyright 1958 - United Artists Corporation]. At the bottom right corner is a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp. and [59/12].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1958
Object number
2011.41.8
Restrictions & Rights
© 1958 - United Artists Corporation
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
lobby cards
Medium
ink on poster board
Dimensions
H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Place used
United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Actors
Film
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.41.8