Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun with autograph of Sidney Poitier
- Subject of
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
- Signed by
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- Subject of
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Rose, Philip, 1921 - 2011
- Cogan, David J., Romanian American, died 2002
- Susskind, David Howard, American, 1920 - 1987
- Petrie, Daniel Mannix, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
- The card consists of a large tinted image of a scene from the film of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier. The two are pictured in a blue kitchen with yellow and green accents. Dee is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking up towards Poitier, who stands on the right wearing a light blue shirt and darker blue pants. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ball with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Poitier's signature appears in black ink just above the orange circle. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
- 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
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.134.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.