Lobby card for Lying Lips
- Distributed by
- Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
- Directed by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Subject of
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Jones, Robert Earl, American, 1910 - 2006
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for Lying Lips.
- This lobby card for Lying Lips depicts a color scene from the film. There are four people in the image, three men and one woman. There is a man sitting at a large wooden desk on the proper right side of the image. He is wearing a dark blue long sleeve shirt. His arms are resting in front of him on top of some piles of paper. There is a lamp on the proper left corner of the desk. Edna Mae Harris is standing in front of the desk, facing the sitting man. She is wearing a burgundy brimmed hat, a red and tan plaid coat, and a green shirt or dress with a bow at the neck. Her proper right hand is resting on the desk. There is a man standing to her proper right side. He is standing in front of a door and is wearing a navy and gold uniform shirt and hat. He is looking at Harris. There is a man standing behind Harris. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a dark brown brimmed hat, vest, and suit jacket, a red necktie, and a white pocket square. His proper right hand is resting on the desk next to Harris’s hand and his proper left arm is bent. There is blue and red text on a yellow background in the top proper right corner of the image. It reads [OSCAR MICHEAUX / presents / LYING LIPS]. In the bottom proper left corner there is blue and green text which reads "WITH / EDNA MAE HARRIS / The Personality Girl / And an All Star/ COLORED CAST / Printed in U.S.A.]. There is blue text on the bottom proper right side in the border which reads [Copyright MICHEAUX PICTURES CORP. New York]. There is a red trim around the image, which is abstract in shape. There is a border around the image and the text. There are some small tears and scuff marks in the border.
- The back of the lobby card is blank with some small scuff marks.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Independent films
- Justice
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.124
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.