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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919

    Subject of

    Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Katharine Houghton, American, born 1945
    Spencer Tracy, American, 1900 - 1967

    Description

    Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" The image depicts Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton seated at a table looking up at Spencer Tracy to the right of the frame. Sidney Poitier is shown standing next to the table, facing Tracy. A white box with blue and red text in the BL corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in BL corner of lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    1967

    Object number

    2014.134.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    © 1967 Columbia Pictures 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 × 14 in. (27.9 × 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
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57a126e2e-0994-4ffe-b526-6874fd63b323

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.134.1

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