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Lobby card for the movie Coffy

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Distributed by

    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000

    Subject of

    Pam Grier, American, born 1949
    William Elliott, American, 1934 - 1983
    American International Pictures, 1956 - 1980

    Description

    A color lobby card for the movie "Coffy." Large black-and-white still from the movie is in the top left corner of the white poster, with Pam Grier playing Coffy on the left with William Elliot as Carter, in a Metropolitan Police uniform, looking at each other holding hands. To the right of the black-and-white image are a collage of color drawings of scenes from the movie with [She's the / "GODMOTHER" / of them / all!] in red type above the images. In the bottom left corner in dark red reads ["Coffy"], while underneath in black, reads [Samuel Z. Arkoff presents an American International Picture "COFFY" starring PAM GRIER and/BOOKER BRADSHAW • ROBERT DOQUI • WILLIAM ELLIOTT • ALLAN ARBUS • SID HAIG/Produced by Robert A. Papazian • Written and Directed by Jack Hill • COLOR by Movielab as Vitroni as Omar/COPYRIGHT (C) 1973 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, INC.] in various text sizes. In the bottom right corner there is a movie rating box ("R" rated) and smaller text, along with [73/157], all in black ink.

    Credit Line

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

    Date

    1973

    Object number

    2014.53.10.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    lobby cards

    Medium

    ink on cardboard

    Dimensions

    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 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
    Amusements
    Blaxploitation films
    Film

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a608df6b-66aa-4275-8bd1-7f056ccee86c

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.53.10.1

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