Subject of
Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
Brock, Geraldine, American, born 1929
Created by
United Films, active ca. 1940s
Date
ca. 1949
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 Girl in Room 20. The card is comprised of several images. One is a black-and-white image of two men and a woman. The woman (Geraldine Brock) is cowering in a chair and looking at one of the men who is making a fist and threatening the other man, who is down on the floor looking back up at him. There is another black-and-white image of the same woman standing in front of a counter in an office signing a document. She is dressed in a suit and hat and holding a purse. There is a man in a suit standing on the other side of a counter. In the upper proper right corner there is a red image of a woman dressed in a fur coat and holding a gun. In the lower proper right corner there is a a cartoon drawing also printed in red of a man punching another man. In the center and lower proper left there is text that reads [GERALDINE BROCK/ AS THE/ GIRL in ROOM 20/ Spencer WILLIAMS. July JONES/ OUTSTANDING COLORED CAST SMASH HIT].
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
2011.160.5
Restrictions & Rights
public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5313c7b43-9aa1-4bb4-a78b-8896ad91ce81

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