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    Lobby card for Imitation of Life

    Distributed by
    Realart Pictures Inc., American, founded 1948
    Subject of
    Colbert, Claudette, French, 1903 - 1996
    Hurst, Fannie, American, 1885 - 1968
    Beavers, Louise, American, 1902 - 1962
    Stahl, John M., European, 1886 - 1950
    Washington, Fredi, United States, 1903 - 1994
    William, Warren, American, 1894 - 1948
    Sparks, Ned, Canadian, 1883 - 1957
    Hudson, Rochelle, American, 1916 - 1972
    Pangborn, Franklin, American, 1889 - 1958
    Date
    1949
    On View
    Second Floor, 2 050
    Exhibition
    Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card for the 1949 Realart Re-release of the film "Imitation of Life".
    The lobby card features a tinted photograph of a scene from the movie. In the image, Claudette Colbert kneels before a seated Louise Beavers. Colbert is a brown hat, fur stole, jacket and gloves and Beavers wears blue. Both women face each other, in profile to the camera. To the left of the image is a yellow background and a colored illustration of the same two women. Beneath the illustration in white text over a blue background is written [CLAUDETTE / Colbert / in / Fannie Hurst's GREAT NOVEL / IMITATION OF LIFE]. Beneath this in red against a white background is [with LOUISE BEAVERS / A JOHN M. STAHL production]. Along the bottom center is listed the rest of the cast and in the bottom right is a blue logo reading [A Realart RE-RELEASE]. There is blue text on the proper bottom left side of the image in the border which reads [6 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A. R-49/650].
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    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
    Advertising
    Film
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.118.115.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58154acf7-5ac4-49c8-8c5d-9c564a51ca82
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    Theatre program for 12 Miles Out

    Directed by
    Brady, William A., American, 1863 - 1950
    Subject of
    Florence, Mildred
    Hackett, Albert, American, 1900 - 1995
    Westley, John Conroy, American, 1878 - 1948
    William, Warren, American, 1894 - 1948
    Hesse, Alfred A.
    Burritt, Lance
    Martell, Saul Z.
    Shannon, Frank, Irish, 1874 - 1959
    Houston, James P.
    Hilton, Frank
    Gerard, Gilbert
    Goe, Peter Chong
    Day, F. H.
    Morgan, Howard
    Date
    1925-1926
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.3 cm)
    Description
    Theatre Program for 12 Miles Out. White background with ornate black border. [The/Playhouse/DIRECTION/OF/WILLIAM A. BRADY]
    Place used
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    theater programs
    Topic
    Actors
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.79
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ffdaed10-ebe9-4753-9c86-3b0a76b95fa0
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