Created by
20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
Distributed by
National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
Subject of
Zanuck, Darryl F., American, 1902 - 1979
Crain, Jeanne, American, 1925 - 2003
Barrymore, Ethel, American, 1879 - 1959
Waters, Ethel, American, 1896 - 1977
Lundigan, William, American, 1914 - 1975
Kazan, Elia, Greek American, 1909 - 2003
Date
1949
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20.6 × 26 cm)
H x W (Image): 6 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (17.1 × 23.8 cm)
Description
A black and white film still from the film Pinky. The image depicts a scene of a police officer standing next to a woman who has hiked up her dress to reveal a small dagger. On the other side of the frame stands another man and a woman, both looking at the officer and first woman. All four stand in front of a fence, with trees visible in the background. Beneath the image is printed a licensing notice from National Screen Service Corp. on the left and a copyright notice [Copyright 1948 - 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.] along with [49/607]. At the bottom center is the cast and credit information: [Darryl F. Zanuck presents "PINKY" starring JEANNE CRAIN, / ETHEL BARRYMORE, ETHEL WATERS, WILLIAM LUNDIGAN / Produced by DARRYL F. ZANUCK, Directed by ELIA KAZAN / Printed in U.S.A.].
Place used
United States, North and Central America
Collection title
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
film stills
Topic
Actors
Film
Race films
Race relations
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.118.172.1
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd538d9e7ad-84a7-49ef-a613-57f34f191955

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