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Lobby card for Girl in Room 20

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Subject of

    Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
    Geraldine Brock, American, born 1929

    Created by

    United Films, active ca. 1940s

    Description

    A lobby card for the movie Girl in Room 20. The card is comprised of several images. One is a black-and-white image of two men and a woman. The woman (Geraldine Brock) is cowering in a chair and looking at one of the men who is making a fist and threatening the other man, who is down on the floor looking back up at him. There is another black-and-white image of the same woman standing in front of a counter in an office signing a document. She is dressed in a suit and hat and holding a purse. There is a man in a suit standing on the other side of a counter. In the upper proper right corner there is a red image of a woman dressed in a fur coat and holding a gun. In the lower proper right corner there is a a cartoon drawing also printed in red of a man punching another man. In the center and lower proper left there is text that reads [GERALDINE BROCK/ AS THE/ GIRL in ROOM 20/ Spencer WILLIAMS. July JONES/ OUTSTANDING COLORED CAST SMASH HIT].

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David A. Lowrance

    Date

    ca. 1949

    Object number

    2011.160.5

    Restrictions & Rights

    public domain
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    lobby cards

    Medium

    paper (fiber product)

    Dimensions

    H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

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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
    Film
    Race films

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5313c7b43-9aa1-4bb4-a78b-8896ad91ce81

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2011.160.5

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