Lobby card for Lying Lips
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- paper (fiber product)
- 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) dancing with her right arm raised toward her head. She is wearing a dark red dress with a sheer black overlay that ties at a small bow at her neck. There are yellow embroidered flowers on the overlay. There are men and women smiling and dancing behind her. A woman in a bright yellow dress is dancing with a man in a tux in the background. 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
- 2011.160.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain - film in public domain, materials as well
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.