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Film still for Cabin in the Sky

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924
Subject of
Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
Eddie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1977
Description
A movie still for the 1943 musical film Cabin in the Sky. The photo is in black and white. Starting to the left of the photo is a woman with a large light-colored flower pinned to the front right side of her hair. She is facing forward but her eyes are in the direction of a man to her left. She is wearing a light top with polka dots, hoop earrings, and bracelets on her right forearm. The man to the right of her is wearing a long sleeve collared shirt with the top button unbuttoned and is looking away from the woman. In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph reads the numbers “1267-70."
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
1943
Object number
2013.118.160.5
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
gelatin silver prints
film stills
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in. (18.7 × 24.3 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.1 × 25.6 cm)
Place used
United States, North and Central America
See more items in
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 - Other
Photographs and Still Images
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Actors
Film
Hollywood (Film)
Race films
Segregation
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.118.160.5
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b747d91f-f855-4bf2-96b8-4ae11d2c74f4

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