Distributed by
20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
Subject of
Sumner, Cid Ricketts, American, 1890 - 1970
Dunne, Philip, American, 1908 - 1992
Nichols, Dudley, American, 1895 - 1960
Kazan, Elia, Greek American, 1909 - 2003
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
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 29 3/4 × 39 7/8 in. (75.6 × 101.3 cm)
Description
This movie poster depicts two women, on opposite corners of the field. The upper right corner shows a woman (Ethel Waters) from the chest up, wearing a white shirt under a red outer layer, and a yellow turban. She frowns towards the opposite lower left corner, depicting a young woman with red hair (Jeanne Crain), wearing a ruffled top and a strand of pearls. Between them is the title "Pinky" in large red letters on a slight diagonal. Under the title is the phrase "She passed for white!" Across the top margin in black and yellow text are the words "THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR IS / DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S." In the bottom right quadrant in yellow text are the words "Starring / JEANNE CRAIN-ETHEL BARRYMORE / ETHEL WATERS-WILLIAM LUNDIGAN / Produced by DARRYL F. ZANUCK / Directed by ELIA KAZAN / Screen play by Philip Dunne / and Dudley Nichols. Based / on a novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner / 20th/ Century Fox." The poster background is a dark black at the edges that fades to a pale grey at the center. In the border below the bottom left corner of the image is [PRINTED IN ENGLAND] and below the bottom right corner is [STAFFORD & Co., LTD., NETHERFIELD, NOTTINGHAM; and LONDON].
Place used
England, Europe
Collection title
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Type
posters
Topic
Actors
Film
Race films
Race relations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.118.73
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a4961993-31c7-4300-8d39-ee8c50ecca85

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