- Distributed by
- Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
- Subject of
- Smith, Mamie, American, 1883 - 1946
- Lovejoy, Alec, American, 1893 - 1946
- Astwood, Norman, Jamaican, 1902 - 1994
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Perkins, Alberta, American
- Smith, Augustus Julius, American, 1891 - 1964
- Dreifuss, Arthur, German American, 1908 - 1993
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 38 7/8 × 26 in. (98.7 × 66 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 40 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (103.8 × 71 cm)
- Description
- This movie poster depicts a woman lying on the street with a knife in her chest. Wearing a light colored blouse and yellow skirt she lies under a streetlamp in front of a multistoried brick building. At the top margin of the poster in red and white text on a yellow background are the words "MURDER/ ON/ LENOX AVE/ with/ MAMIE SMITH." Beneath these words is a list of cast members. The multistoried brick building rises along the right side of the poster. There are four windows in the building, each with face looking out. At the bottom window is a woman in a red shirt, above her is a woman in a yellow blouse. In the third window is a man in a yellow shirt, and at the top are two men in one window, one of whom wears a striped tie.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place filmed
- Harlem, New York City, New York, 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
- posters
- Topic
- Film
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.63
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




