- Created by
- Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
- Subject of
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A lobby card for the movie "Lying Lips". The card is comprised of an image of a woman (Edna Mae Harris) wearing a red hat, red and white checkered jacket, and green top and standing in front of a high desk or bench presumably at a courthouse or police station. Behind her is a man (Robert Earl Jones) in a brown suit with a red tie and a hat. Next to them is a man dressed as a police officer and sitting on the other side of the desk is a man in a blue uniform. The man sitting behind the desk is writing in a book. In the background a door is visible. In the upper proper right corner is text that reads [OSCAR MICHEAUX/ presents/ LYING LIPS]. In the lower proper left corner there is a box with text that reads [EDNA MAE HARRIS/ The Personality Girl/ And an All Star/ COLORED CAST].
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Film
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David A. Lowrance
- Object number
- 2011.160.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain - film in public domain, materials as well
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




