Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun

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Object Details

Subject of

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022

Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965

Philip Rose, 1921 - 2011

David J. Cogan, Romanian American, died 2002

David Howard Susskind, American, 1920 - 1987

Daniel Mannix Petrie, Canadian, 1920 - 2004

Description

Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.

The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil. The two are pictured in a blue room. McNeil is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking towards Poitier, who is on the right wearing a yellow shirt and leaning towards McNeil. In the bottom right corner is a round orange ring with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].

Credit Line

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

Date

1961

Object number

2013.118.134.2

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

lobby cards

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)

Place used

United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Actors

Film

Hollywood (Film)

Race films

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c9460e9-3465-44a2-982a-4febee12d73e

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.118.134.2