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
- 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)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Film
- Race films
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.160.5
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5313c7b43-9aa1-4bb4-a78b-8896ad91ce81
