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Sepia Cinderella
- Directed by
- Leonard, Arthur H., American, 1904 - 1956
- Written by
- Valentini, Vincent Andrew, American, 1895 - 1948
- Edited by
- Kemp, Jack
- Subject of
- Guyse, Sheila, American, 1925 - 2013
- Daniels, Billy, American, 1915 - 1988
- Tondaleyo, American, 1912 - 1998
- Offley, Hilda, American, 1894 - 1968
- Blakey, Ruble, American, 1911 - 1992
- Richardson, Emory, American, 1894 - 1965
- Carter, Jack, American, 1902 - 1967
- Verwayne, Percy, American, 1895 - 1968
- Freeman, Dusty
- Williams, George
- Gordon, Fred
- Young, Al
- Norton, Harold, American, 1912 - 1985
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 70 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1130 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet
- Caption
- A struggling songwriter finds a muse in his girlfriend, who inspires him write his next hit. After finding success, he falls under the sway of a beautiful club owner.
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Sepia Cinderella. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- The first scene opens with a band performing for Barbara (Sheila Guyse), the film’s protagonist, and her adoptive mother Mama Keyes (Hilda Offley). At the end of the performance, the band exits the room while Mama Keyes and Barbara remain behind, engaging in a conversation about their relationship and the death of Barbara’s parents. Later in the film, Barbara inspires her love interest, Bob (Billy Daniels), to write a song. After finding success in this latest song, Bob falls under the sway of a club owner named Vivian (Tondaleyo).
- Place filmed
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- Business
- Musicians
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.17.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Delegate
- Published by
- MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
- Created by
- Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
- Subject of
- Drew, Charles Richard, American, 1904 - 1950
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
- Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Dr. Mays, Benjamin Elijah, American, 1894 - 1984
- Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
- Tydings, Joseph Davies, American, 1928 - 2018
- Pierce, Lawrence Warren, American, born 1924
- Baker, Bertram L., American, 1898 - 1985
- Morse, Wayne L., American, 1900 - 1974
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
- King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
- Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
- Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009
- Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987
- Eugene Nickerson, American, 1918 - 2002
- Farbstein, Leonard, American, 1902 - 1993
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
- The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
- McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
- Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- Perry, Harold Robert, American, 1916 - 1991
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
- National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, Inc. and Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1950
- Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- New York Jets, American, founded 1960
- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
- National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
- National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
- National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
- Murray, Joan
- Schuyler, Philippa, American, 1931 - 1967
- Gordy, Berry Jr., American, born 1929
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Shriners International, American, founded 1870
- Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- Kaiser, Inez Yeargan, American, 1918 - 2016
- Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
- National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
- Mangum, Robert J., American, 1920 - 2014
- 369th Veterans Association, American
- National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A 1968 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white and a yellow ribbon, blue ribbon and a pink ribbon at center. Each of the ribbons has the word [DELEGATE] at center. The inside of the magazine contains black and white photographs, articles and advertisements as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community.
- The magazines content begins with a memorial editorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy. It continues with an article titled [Black Power Marketing to Negro Consumers]. The article includes images of President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and members of the presidential commission to investigate city riots. The publication continues with several pages of photographs Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. People identified in captions for the photographs are Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Joseph Tydings, Lawrence Pierce, Wayne Morse, Bertram Baker, Senator Edward Brooke, Harry Belafonte Jr., Gordon Parks, Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Percy Ellis Sutton, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Wright, Eugene Nickerson and Leonard Farbstein. Following this is a double page image of Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.
- Throughout the magazine are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, the National Association of Market Developers, National Association of Negro Musicians and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Omega Psi Phi, Kapa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Lamda Kappa Mu, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
- There are also profiles on musicians performing at the Lincoln Center, Morehouse College, the Democratic Party, debutant balls, the New York Giants, 369th Veterans Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States but primarily in New York City.
- There are approximately 154 pages. The magazine contains both black and white and color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Johnnie Walker Red scotch.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
- Place made
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Caricature and cartoons
- Communities
- Football
- Fraternal organizations
- Fraternities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Government
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Labor
- Mass media
- Men
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Professional organizations
- Religious groups
- Sororities
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
- Object number
- 2012.167.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Flyer soliciting pledges to stand against South African Apartheid
- Created by
- American Committee on Africa, American, 1953 - 2001
- Subject of
- Booth, William H., American, 1922 - 2006
- Davis, Sammy Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Gregory, Dick, American, 1932 - 2017
- Carroll, Diahann, American, 1935 - 2019
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Chamberlain, Wilt, American, 1936 - 1999
- Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937
- Davis, Ossie, American, 1917 - 2005
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993
- Lichtenstein, Roy, American, 1923 - 1997
- Seeger, Pete, American, 1919 - 2014
- Peters, Brock, American, 1927 - 2005
- Roundtree, Richard, American, born 1942
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- A. Philip Randolph Institute, American, founded 1965
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Johnson, Rafer Lewis, American, 1934 - 2020
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- This flyer solicits pledges to stand against South African apartheid. The top of the flyer reads: [we say no / to apartheid / We take this pledge: in solemn resolve to refuse any encouragement of, or indeed, any / professional association with the present Republic of South Africa, this until the day / when all its people shall equally enjoy the educational and cultural advantages of that / rich and beautiful land.] After listing celebrities that have taken the pledge [SAMMY DAVIS, JR. DIAHANN CARROLL WILT CHAMBERLAIN ...] large bolded text reads: [will you say no / to apartheid?]. The back of the flyer details the American Committee on Africa's activities and members. The top of the page reads: [AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON AFRICA].
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- South Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Pan Africanism
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Topic
- Activism
- Actors
- Africa
- Black power
- International affairs
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Color slide of Poitier and Belafonte at a fundraiser at Boston Garden
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, born 1935
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Date
- October 27, 1967
- Medium
- reversal film and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Caption
- This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
- Description
- This color slide depicts Harry Belafonte embracing Sidney Poitier on stage. Harry Belafonte wears a dark shirt and pants. He shakes the hand and embraces another individual wearing a dark suit. A microphone on a stand is visible behind them.
- Place depicted
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- color slides
- Topic
- Activism
- Actors
- Civil rights
- Entertainers
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.245.248
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
- Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
- Directed by
- Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier stands to the far left of the frame and looks down at a seated Spencer Tracy while Katharine Hepburn sits to Tracy's right, perched on a bookshelf. Poitier and Tracy wear suit jackets while Hepburn wears a black cap and vest. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place printed
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.108.9.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Film still from To Sir, with Love
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A color film still from the film To Sir, With Love, depicting Sidney Poitier and Judy Geeson in a classroom. Gleeson sits upon a student's desk, facing towards Poitier, who stands in front of but perpendicular to Geeson, facing the camera. The teachers desk is front of Poitier, facing towards the student desks, arranged in the classroom in rows. A wall of windows is to the side of the desks, behind Poitier and Geeson. The image is surrounded by a white border, with black text underneath providing copyright information, billing and production information, and a licensing message from National Screen Service Corp.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- East End, London, England, Europe
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- film stills
- Topic
- Actors
- Education
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.211
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for Lilies of the Field
- Created by
- United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Skala, Lilia, 1896 - 1994
- Date
- 1963
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white lobby card for the film Lilies of the Field. The lobby card features a scene from the movie of Sidney Poitier holding a record and being shushed by a table of nuns. Along the bottom is a banner of red with [Sidney Poitier AS THE FANTASTIC HOMER IN RALPH NELSON'S Lilies of the Field] in black and white text. Along the bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice [Copyright 1963-United Artists Corporation.] on the left and a licensing notice by National Screen Service Corp. on the right.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.1279
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
- Directed by
- Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton's torsos face each other while both have their heads turned towards to the right of the frame; their glances are focused on something or someone off camera. Houghton wears a sleeveless, cream-colored blouse while Poitier wears a navy blue suit jacket and a patterned tie with repeated concentric circles. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom right corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place printed
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.108.9.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun
- Subject of
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Rose, Philip, 1921 - 2011
- Cogan, David J., Romanian American, died 2002
- Susskind, David Howard, American, 1920 - 1987
- Petrie, Daniel Mannix, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
- 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.].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.134.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
- Manufactured by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
- Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
- Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
- Date
- 1967
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy are seated around a table in what appears to be an exterior shot with a lake and trees featured in the background. Tracy, seated to Poitier's right, reaches out to adjust a smiling Poitier's tie. Houghton's back is to the camera; seated to her left is Hepburn, who faces Poitier over r a plate of sandwiches. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.134.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Jet Vol. IX No. 3
- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Simms, Hilda, American, 1918 - 1994
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Date
- November 24, 1955
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 5 15/16 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- An issue of Jet magazine from November 24, 1955. The cover features a photo of Hilda Simms and Sidney Poitier surrounded by black, white, and orange print. The interior contains an article about the Emmett Till trial.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Actors
- Entertainers
- Film
- Hate crimes
- Mass media
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
- Object number
- 2011.17.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for To Sir, with Love
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
- Roberts, Christian, English
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A color lobby card from the film To Sir, With Love featuring an image of Sidney Poitier pouring a drink while talking to Judy Geeson and Christian Roberts. A white rectangle at the bottom left of the contains the title, billing and production information for the film in blue and pink text. Beneath the image at the bottom left is a copyright notice [Copyright 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation] and at the bottom right is a licensing notice from National Screen Service Corp.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- East End, London, England, Europe
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Education
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.1247
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
- Sands, Diana, American, 1934 - 1973
- Perry, Stephen, American, born 1952
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (24.8 × 32.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (28 × 35.7 cm)
- Description
- A lobby card for the film A Raisin in the Sun. The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with all of the Younger family characters in the film: Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger, Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger, Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger, Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger and Stephen Perry as Travis Younger. The family is pictured outdoors, gathered around McNeil, who is seated and opening a gift. In the bottom left 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.].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.134.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
- Manufactured by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
- Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier stands to the far left of the frame and looks down at a seated Spencer Tracy while Katharine Hepburn sits to Tracy's right, perched on a bookshelf. Poitier and Tracy wear suit jackets while Hepburn wears a black cap and vest. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.134.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Film poster for Uptown Saturday Night
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
- Pryor, Richard, American, 1940 - 2005
- Wilson, Flip, American, 1933 - 1998
- Cash, Rosalind, American, 1938 - 1995
- Kelly, Paula, American, born 1943
- Browne, Roscoe Lee, American, 1925 - 2007
- Sekka, Johnny, British, 1934 - 2006
- Lockhart, Calvin, Bahamian, 1934 - 2007
- First Artists, American, 1969 - 1980
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 41 × 27 1/16 in. (104.1 × 68.7 cm)
- Description
- A promotional poster for the film Uptown Saturday Night. The poster lists cast members and the characters they play on the right-hand side in black text on a purple background. A black and white image accompanies each name. The tagline and title of the film are in black text at the top right of the poster and reads “They get funny when you / mess with their money. / UPTOWN / SATURDAY / NIGHT.” A caricature of Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, and Harry Belafonte is under the title. Various buildings, a water tower, street signs, and three women wearing short dresses are in the background of the image. Below the caricature written in black text is “A First Artists Production.” The billing block is at the bottom in black text. The NSS number is 74/152 and appears in the bottom right corner.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Advertising
- Comedy
- Hollywood (Film)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
- Object number
- 2014.35.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Warner Bros Inc. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
- Manufactured by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton's torsos face each other while both have their heads turned towards to the right of the frame; their glances are focused on something or someone off camera. Houghton wears a sleeveless, cream-colored blouse while Poitier wears a navy blue suit jacket and a patterned tie with repeated concentric circles. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom right corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.134.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
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Poster for To Sir, with Love
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Roberts, Christian, English
- Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
- Kendall, Suzy, British, born 1944
- Lulu, Scottish, born 1948
- Clavell, James, American, 1924 - 1994
- Date
- 1967
- On ViewSecond Floor, 2 050
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 x 14 in. (91.4 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A poster for the film To Sir, With Love. The poster features a color image of Sidney Poitier against a white background. The tagline is printed at the top in blue ink, reading [A STORY AS FRESH AS THE / GIRLS IN THEIR MINIS… / AND AS COOL AS THEIR / TEACHER HAD TO BE!]. Poitier is wearing a dark suit and images of other actors from the film appearing across the front of his suit. He is leaning over with his hands appearing to rest on top of a blue rectangle with the title and billing information printed inside in white and yellow. A copyright notice is printed at the very bottom left corner: [1967 Columbia Pictures].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- East End, London, England, Europe
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Education
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
- Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
- Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
- Directed by
- Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
- Date
- 1967
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The image depicts Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton seated at a table looking up at Spencer Tracy to the right of the frame. Sidney Poitier is shown standing next to the table, facing Tracy. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in BL corner of lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place printed
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.108.9.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
-
Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
- Created by
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
- Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
- Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
- Directed by
- Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy are seated around a table in what appears to be an exterior shot with a lake and trees featured in the background. Tracy, seated to Poitier's right, reaches out to adjust a smiling Poitier's tie. Houghton's back is to the camera; seated to her left is Hepburn, who faces Poitier over r a plate of sandwiches. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
- Place printed
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.108.9.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Permission required for use.
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Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun with autograph of Sidney Poitier
- Subject of
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Signed by
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
- McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Rose, Philip, 1921 - 2011
- Cogan, David J., Romanian American, died 2002
- Susskind, David Howard, American, 1920 - 1987
- Petrie, Daniel Mannix, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
- The card consists of a large tinted image of a scene from the film of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier. The two are pictured in a blue kitchen with yellow and green accents. Dee is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking up towards Poitier, who stands on the right wearing a light blue shirt and darker blue pants. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ball 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]. Poitier's signature appears in black ink just above the orange circle. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.134.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.