Lobby card for The Duke Is Tops

Object Details

Issued by

Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940

Subject of

Harry M. Popkin, American, 1906 - 1991

Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992

Description

Lobby card for "The Duke Is Tops".

The lobby card features a large color image of three men. The man on the far proper right side is wearing a white collared shirt, a tan suit jacket and pants, and a red stripe necktie. He is turned towards the proper left side and is looking at the other two men. The man in the center is Ralph Cooper. He is sitting on a desk with his hands folded in his lap. He us wearing a white collared shirt, a navy suit jacket and pants, a tan brimmed hat with a black ribbon around it, a pink brooch, a white pocket square, and a patterned necktie. The man to his proper left is Monte Hawley, sitting on the edge of the desk and turned to face Cooper. His right hand is gesturing in the direction of Cooper and his left hand resting on his right thigh. He is wearing a collared shirt, a pinstripe suit jacket and pants, and an orange necktie and pocket square. There is a hat on the desk and there are windows and a hanging light fixture in the background. There is a large circle in the bottom left corner with text that reads [HARRY M. POPKIN / PRESENTS / Ralph / Cooper / the DUKE is TOPS / Swing Musical Sensation]. The text is red, yellow, and green and at the bottom of the circle is an illustration in blue of female dancer figures on a stage with a staff of musical notes. There is orange text below the circle which reads [MADE IN U.S.A.]. There is a border around the image. The top of the border and the top of the image have areas of discoloration.

The back of the lobby card is blank with some areas of discoloration.

Credit Line

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

1938

Object number

2013.118.103

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Type

lobby cards

Medium

ink on paper

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

Collection title

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

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Actors

Film

Jazz (Music)

Musical films

Race films

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.118.103

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57d10a04b-58dc-4b97-8a80-58188fc98c71