Object Details
- Issued by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
- Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- Description
- A lobby card for the movie Porgy and Bess" The card features a color image of a man (Sidney Poitier) and woman (Dorothy Dandridge) singing and looking at each other. Poitier is wearing a yellow shirt and has his hands around her waist while Dandridge, wearing white, has her hands on his arms. In the background you can see a jar and some flowers. In the lower proper right corner there is a box with text that reads [SAMUEL GOLDWYN / PRESENTS / THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION / PORGY / and / BESS / Starring / SIDNEY POITIER.DOROTHY DANDRIDGE. SAMMY DAVIS JR. PEARL BAILEY]. Along the bottom is a copyright notice [Copyright 1959 Columbia Pictures Corp. Country of Origin U.S.A.] and a licensing notice from National Screen Service Corp. At the bottom right corner is [59/218].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1959
- Object number
- 2011.41.6.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1959 Columbia Pictures Corp.
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- lobby cards
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Film
- Musical films
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.41.6.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d1832c60-e357-44ee-bb2d-010a069a88db
