Distributed by
Vitalite Films
Subject of
Cressan, Alex
Dandridge, Dorothy, American, 1922 - 1965
Jurgens, Curt, Austrian, 1915 - 1982
Date
1958
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 13 1/16 in. (25.3 × 33.2 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)
Description
This lobby card for Tamango depicts three people, two men and one woman on the deck of a ship. The first man is shirtless and shackled by his wrists to the deck. The woman is pouring something in his mouth from a bowl. The woman is wearing gold jewelry and a red head wrap matching her red dress. The third man is standing behind the woman dressed in a white shirt and light-colored slacks as he looks at the first man and woman depicted. A smaller inset white square in the lower right corner has a line drawing of a woman struggling in a man's arms. Black, red and blue text reads "Dorothy/ Dandridge Curt/ Jürgen’s/ The story they said/ could never be filmed! / Tamango."
Place used
United States, North and Central America
Collection title
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Type
lobby cards
Topic
Film
Independent films
Race relations
Trans Atlantic slave trade
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.118.142.7
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f39a90a8-e4dc-48ac-bbb4-ba4b5c8faf84

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