- On View
- Taking the Stage Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Moreland, Mantan, American, 1902 - 1973
- Jeffries, Herb, American, 1913 - 2014
- Miller, Flournoy, American, 1885 - 1971
- Buck and Bubbles, American, founded 1919
- Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010
- Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
- Criner, John L., American, 1898 - 1965
- Basin Street Boys, American, 1945 - 1951
- The Cats and the Fiddle, American, 1937 - 1951
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 1/8 × 14 in. (56.2 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A window card for the film The Bronze Venus. On the left side, the card features a black and white image of Lena Horne wearing an evening gown. On the right, in large red letters is [LENA / HORNE] followed by [THE SWING SIREN OF / "CABIN IN THE SKY" / AND "STORMY WEATHER" / IN / "THE / BRONZE / VENUS"] in black text. Beneath this is [WITH / Ralph Cooper Lawrence Griner / Basin St. Boys / The Cats and the Fiddle / and All Star Colored Cast]. Along the top of the card, in a red rectangular box, is showtime information for the Regent Theatre in Youngstown, Ohio.
- Place used
- Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, 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
- window cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Dance
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Musical films
- Musicians
- Race films
- Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.147
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




